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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 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