IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morconick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996IA193029
  • User Pedon ID: S1996IA193029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68509
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 42.2152481
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3178024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 80 feet north and 2000 feet west of the southeast 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-B3—Albaton, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BCJ, PTC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Mollic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morconick
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morconick
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Mollic Udifluvent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/18/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 114
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 15.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00204. continuous - phpvsfiid 182908; continuous - phpvsfiid 182908
    C1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 15.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00205
    C2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium and coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00206
    C3—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00207
    C4—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; 25.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00208
    2C5—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; 15 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; 25.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00209
    2C6—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium and coarse prominent and 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; 25.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00210
    2C7—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loamy fine sand; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; 25.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 97P00211