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: 10/31/2024

    • 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