IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1670032
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1670032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0432
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58237
  • 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: 43.0427780
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4313889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 95N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 188 feet W and 816 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA167—Sioux

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galva
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • 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
    • 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

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02556. few fine roots
    1Bw1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02557. few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220515; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220515
    1Bw2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02558. few fine roots
    1Bw3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02559. 74 to 91 cm sample number 86P2560.
    CB—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine prismatic structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02561
    1C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.