IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA1530013
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1530013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56080
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.6478326
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4447466
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 79N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1369 feet N and 235 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: D. Gibson farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA153—Polk

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ROD & EHH
  • 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 #: 1
  • 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 - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 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—97

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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

    7

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    315

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01738. common roots
    1A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01739. common roots
    1Bw1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01740. common roots
    1Bw2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01741. common roots
    1Bw3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01742. common roots
    1C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Not sampled.; common roots
    1C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Not sampled.