IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0810032
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0810032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0360
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58165
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.2164191
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7909916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 25W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 440 feet E and 1400 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA081—Hancock
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Lensch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • 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: 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
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02134. Some (10YR 4/3) mixings in lower part. Split for sampling 0 to 13 cm sample number 86P2134, 13 to 23 cm sample number 86P2135.; few fine roots
    1Bw1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02136. Few shale fragments. Split for sampling 23 to 33 cm sample number 86P2136, 33 to 46 cm sample number 86P2137.; few fine roots
    1Bw2—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02138. Few shale fragments. Split for sampling 46 to 63 sample number 86P2138, 63 to 81 cm sample number 86P2139.; few fine roots
    1C1—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 23 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 37 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron stains and 37 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron stains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02140. Few small pebbles. (81 to 102 cm).; common iron stains surface features; common iron stains surface features; common fine distinct 5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior loam; 23 percent clay; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron stains and 37 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron stains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. common iron stains surface features; common iron stains surface features