IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0350014
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0350014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0292
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56008
  • 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: 517 feet W and 502 feet S of NE corner
  • 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 - 3
  • 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—10

    10—41

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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

    6

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    225

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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 35 percent clay; cloddy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01390; moist when described;. 70% 10YR 4/3 streaks and pockets.; few roots
    1Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01391; moist when described;. few roots
    1Bw2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01392; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few roots
    1C—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 4 percent sand; 26 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01393; moist when described;. Few lime concretios.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C2—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 4 percent sand; 21 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent medium iron concretions; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01394; moist when described;. few lime concretions concentrations; few medium iron concretions concentrations; common coarse faint 10YR56 mottles; common coarse faint 10YR58 mottles; common coarse distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C3—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 5 percent sand; 22 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent iron concretions; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled. Few lime concretions.; few iron concretions concentrations; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine distinct 10YR54 mottles