IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992IA159102
  • User Pedon ID: 1992IA159102
  • User Site Association ID: Clarinda-TUD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0636
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19894
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.8138694
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4477750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 70N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1,490 feet east and 520 feetnorth of the southwest corner of sec. 32, T. 70 N., R. 31
  • Location Description: Ringgold County, Iowa.1,490 feet east and 520 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 32, T. 70 N., R. 31
  • Map Unit: 222C—Clarinda silty clay loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA159—Ringgold
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA159—Ringgold County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40094-G4—Clearfield, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Louis E. Boeckman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Taxonomic Class - Smectitic
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Louis E. Boeckman
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—152

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    —124—
    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

    7

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 12 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains; 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese nodules; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03894
    A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak fine granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 12 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains; 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03894
    2Btg1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03895
    2Btg2—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films; gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions and 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03896
    2Btg3—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03897
    2Btg4—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films; 7 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03898
    2Btg5—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 20 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) carbonate nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 08N03899