IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA1570022
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1570022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0476
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56192
  • 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 2060 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 2060 feet W and 180 feet N recorded on desecription changed to 2060 feet E and 180 feet S
  • 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 - 28 to 78 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 - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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—18

    28—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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    270

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02330. 10YR 5/4 mixings.
    1BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02331
    1Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02332. few fine iron concretions concentrations
    1Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02333. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium faint 10YR52 mottles
    1Bt3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent medium iron concretions and 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02334. few medium iron concretions concentrations; few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few fine dark concretions concentrations