IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Galva
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1984IA0350012
User Pedon ID:
84IA0350012
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
85P0290
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
56006
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
420 feet W and 176 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:
Erosion Class -
2
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—25
15—86
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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
4
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315
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1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01379; moist when described;. Streaks and pockets of 10YR 4/3.; common roots
1BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01380; moist when described;. common roots
1Bw1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 35 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01381; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 218209; continuous - phpvsfiid 218209
1Bw2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01382; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218210; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218210
1BC—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 28 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01383; moist when described;. few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR51 mottles
1C1—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 3 percent sand; 24 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled. Few lime concretions.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
1C2—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 5 percent sand; 23 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 30 percent iron-manganese masses; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled. Few 10YR 5/8 iron oxides.; many soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few soft masses of lime concentrations; common medium faint 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR61 mottles
1C3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 21 percent clay; massive; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled. Few 10YR 5/8 oxides.; few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few soft masses of lime concentrations