IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1610011
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1610011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0422
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56138
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 42.3499985
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2500000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 87N
  • Range: 38W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2536 feet N and 427 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: D. Buehler farm
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA161—Sac

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ciolla
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galva
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galva
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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: 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—38

    38—135

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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

    3

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02080; moist when described;. common roots
    1A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02081; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230765
    1BA—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02082; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230766; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230766
    1Bw1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02083; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230767; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230767
    1Bw2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 32 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02084; moist when described;. few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230768; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230768
    1Bw3—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 29 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02085; dry when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few roots; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1BC—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 27 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 7 percent sand; 22 percent clay; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent threadlike lime masses and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; few lime concretions concentrations; common medium faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles