IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0350013
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0350013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0291
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56007
  • 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: 42.6250000
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8000031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 90N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 392 feet w and 69 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: E. Meissner farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA035—Cherokee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ceolla
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galva
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (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—15

    15—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

    5

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    315

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01384; moist when described;. common roots
    1BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01385; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218212; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218212
    1Bw1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01386; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218214; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218214
    1Bw2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01387; moist when described;. few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218215; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218215
    1Bw2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01388; moist when described;. few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218216; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218216
    1Bw3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 29 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01389; moist when described;. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1C1—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 3 percent sand; 25 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 3 percent sand; 24 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent iron-manganese masses; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common medium faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles