IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IA0690014
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0690014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56062
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 42.7823919
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3201657
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 92N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2371 feet S and 135 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: W. Meyer farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA069—Franklin
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA069—Franklin County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ROD & EHH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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—56

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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

    13

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01667. many roots
    AB—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01668. many roots
    Bw1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 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 # 85P01669. many roots
    Bw2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01670. many roots
    C1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; massive; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01671. many roots
    C2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01672
    C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 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.