IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rubio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IA107003
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IA107003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0468
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67486
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 41.3669434
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0708313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 76N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet north and 1800 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA107—Keokuk
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA107—Keokuk County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41092-C1—Harper, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SJE and JAL
  • 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 - Rubio
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Mollic Albaqualfs
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/7/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    247

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 3 percent sand; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03510
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silt loam; 3 percent sand; 24 percent clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03511
    Btg1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 35 percent clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03512
    Btg2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 39 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03513
    Btg3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent sand; 41 percent clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03514
    Btg4—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 39 percent clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03515
    Btg5—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 37 percent clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03516
    BCg—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 33 percent clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03517. Btg6 117-140 cm—95P3517. Btg7 140-152 cm—95P3518.
    Cg—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 30 percent clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P03519. BC 152-183 cm—95P3519. C 183-203 cm—95P3520.