IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA0410032
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA0410032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0379
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56095
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.0397224
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9122238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 95N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1382 feet N and 209 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: 182 feet N of corner post by culvert SW corner. Stephas farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA147—Palo Alto

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • 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: 6/1/1984 (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—18

    18—76

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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

    12

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    180

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01818. A few streaks and pockets of 10YR 3/3 in the lower part.; few fine roots
    1Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01819. few fine roots
    1Bw2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01820. few fine roots
    1Bk1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01821. few fine roots
    1Bk2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine and medium iron concretions; 11 percent lime masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01822. Some 10YR 3/2 fills in larger pores.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine and medium iron concretions concentrations
    1C1—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, black stains on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent iron-manganese masses; 11 percent lime masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01823. Only upper 10 cm sampled.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine faint 2.5Y56 mottles
    1C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; massive; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine faint 10YR44 mottles; few fine faint 2.5Y56 mottles