IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA069012
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0690012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56060
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 42.7831557
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3201840
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 92N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2146 feet south and 75 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA069—Franklin
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA069—Franklin County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ROD & EHH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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: 10/1/1985 (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—18

    18—71

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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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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01656. many roots
    1Bw1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01657. many roots
    1Bw2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01658. many roots
    1Bw3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01659. many roots
    1C1—71 to 76 centimeters (28.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01660
    1C2—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    1C3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Not sampled.