IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1570023
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1570023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0377
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58182
  • 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: 41.6150017
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4669418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 79N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 360 feet south and 1940 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA157—Poweshiek
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA157—Poweshiek County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Wisner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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 silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02233. 20% (10YR 4/3) mixings.
    1BE—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02234. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231435; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231435
    1Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 33 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02235. One large (7.5YR 4/6) oxide.; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231436; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231436
    1Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 34 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02236. few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231437; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231437
    1Bt3—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 32 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02237. Few small stones.; few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231438; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231438
    1BC—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 32 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02238. Sand lenses at 102 to 109 cm.; few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C1—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 32 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR51 mottles
    1C2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 32 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR51 mottles