IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA0350011
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA0350011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0289
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56005
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 42.6250000
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8000031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 90N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 280 feet W and 196 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: E. Meissner farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA035—Cherokee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ceolla
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galva
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    30—107

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    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

    2

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    315

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01374. common roots
    1A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01375; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230548
    1AB—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01376; moist when described;. Medium 10YR 3/2 krotovina in upper 8 cm.; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218206; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218206
    1Bw1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01377; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218207; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218207
    1Bw2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01378; moist when described;. few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218208; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218208
    1BC—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 27 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 5 percent sand; 23 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 11 percent iron-manganese masses; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; common medium faint 10YR56 mottles; common medium faint 10YR58 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles