IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lossing
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IA133003
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IA133003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0224
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65568
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 42.0983315
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2483368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1120 feet E and 90 feet S of NW 1/4 corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA133—Monona
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA133—Monona County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Falkenberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lossing
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 26
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01737
    Bg—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01738
    C—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak thin platy; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coats on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 3 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01739. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192896; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192896
    2C1—36 to 119 centimeters (14.2 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to weak thin platy; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; 6 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01740. 24-38" 92P1741, 38-47" 92P1742; patchy - phpvsfiid 192897; patchy - phpvsfiid 192897
    2C2—119 to 180 centimeters (46.9 to 70.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to weak thin platy; very friable; fragments; 4 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01743. 65-71" 92P1744
    2C3—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; massive; loose; fragments; 4 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P01745. 92P1746