IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA0810023
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA0810023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0583
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56849
  • 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: 43.2426904
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6912660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 362 feet N and 982 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: T. Conway farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA081—Hancock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. A. Lensch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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 - 1/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1984 (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—41

    18—99

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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

    14

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    225

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02992; dry when described;. (10YR 4/3) mixings in lower part.; common fine roots
    1Bw1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02993; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1Bw1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02994; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1Bw2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02995; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1Bw2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior sandy loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02996; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1Bw3—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02997; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1Bw3—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02998; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1BC—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P02999; dry when described;
    1C1—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; 23 percent clay; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog.; dry when described;. Not sampled.