IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Gara
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1984IA1570021
User Pedon ID:
84IA1570021
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
85P0475
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
56191
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
41.6138878
Std. Longitude:
-92.4638901
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
79N
Range:
14W
Section:
34
PLSS Details:
180 feet south and 1960 feet east of the northwest corner
Location Description:
T97N recorded on description but sampled with pedons in T79N
Country:
US—United States
State:
Iowa
County:
IA157—Poweshiek
MLRA:
108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IA157—Poweshiek County, Iowa
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Gara
PSC -
20 to 70 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Shelby
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudoll
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1984
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
3
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
till derived from mixed-calcareous
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:
10/1/1984 (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
argillic horizon
0—20
20—91
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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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270
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1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02324. 10YR 4/4 mixings.
1Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02325. continuous - phpvsfiid 218668; continuous - phpvsfiid 218668
1Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02326. continuous - phpvsfiid 218670; continuous - phpvsfiid 218670
1Bt3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02327. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine faint 10YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218671; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218671
1Bt4—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02328. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine faint 10YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218672; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218672
1BC—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02329. Not sampled.; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles