IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1610014
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1610014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0425
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56141
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 2364 feet N and 731 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: R42W written on description but sampled with pedons in R38W
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA161—Sac

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ciolla
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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
  • 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: 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—18

    18—107

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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

    6

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak cloddy, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02097; moist when described;. common roots
    1BA—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 35 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02098; moist when described;. Few (10YR 3/1) mixings in upper 5 cm.; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218563; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218563
    1Bw1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02099; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218564; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218564
    1Bw1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02100; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218566
    1Bw2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02101; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218568
    1Bw2—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02102; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218570
    1Bw3—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 29 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02103; moist when described;. common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few roots; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218572; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218572
    1C1—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 5 percent sand; 25 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent iron concretions and 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few iron concretions concentrations; common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR51 mottles
    1C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 6 percent sand; 23 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium faint 10YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles