IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IA1530015
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1530015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0366
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56082
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.6484278
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4443593
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 79N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1591 feet N and 175 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: D. Gibson farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA153—Polk
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA153—Polk County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ROD & EHH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 - 7/21/2014
  • 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
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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—30

    15—46

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01747. common roots
    Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01748. common roots
    Bw2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01749. common roots
    C1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; massive; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01750. common roots
    C2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 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 # 85P01751
    C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Not sampled.