IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1670035
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1670035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0435
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58240
  • 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: 43.0424995
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4319458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 95N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 231 feet W and 695 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

    10

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    270

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02574. Streaks and pockets of (10YR 4/3).; few fine roots
    1BA—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02575. few fine roots
    1Bw1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02576. 41 to 53 cm sample number 86P2577.; few fine roots
    1Bw2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02578. 69 to 86 cm sample number 86P2579.; few fine roots
    1C1—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    1C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Common filliments of lime.; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles