IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Luton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996IA193026
  • User Pedon ID: S1996IA193026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68506
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 42.2426376
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1832504
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south and 2,640 feet west of the Northeast corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA193—Woodbury
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA193—Woodbury County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42096-C2—Luton, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PTC and RAL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Endoaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Luton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Luton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1996
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay; moderate thick platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 25.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.4 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00175
    Ap2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 25.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity continuous tubular and 2.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00176
    A1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); 60 percent black (10YR 2/1) interior and 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 25.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00177
    A2—28 to 49 centimeters (11.0 to 19.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay; 4 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 25.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00178
    A3—49 to 77 centimeters (19.3 to 30.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) pressure faces throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00179. continuous - phpvsfiid 182896; continuous - phpvsfiid 182896
    Bg1—77 to 93 centimeters (30.3 to 36.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 15.0 very fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00180
    Bg2—93 to 107 centimeters (36.6 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00181
    Bg3—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 55 percent faint dark gray (5Y 4/1) pressure faces throughout; 20 percent fine and medium spherical brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00182. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182897; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182897
    Cg1—122 to 153 centimeters (48.0 to 60.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior and dark gray (5Y 4/1) exterior silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 20 percent fine and medium spherical masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 97P00183
    Cg2—153 to 180 centimeters (60.2 to 70.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 15.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses and 20 percent medium spherical masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 97P00184
    Cg3—180 to 200 centimeters (70.9 to 78.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 15.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 97P00185