IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA185053
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1850053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0414
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58219
  • 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: 40.8919449
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1755524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 70N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2208 feet south and 249 feet west of northeast corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA185—Wayne
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA185—Wayne County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeWitt and Gertsma
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic, sloping Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic, sloping Mollic Ochr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1985 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots and 0.2 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02452. (10YR 4/2) streaks and pockets.; very few to few coarse roots; many fine roots
    1A—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silt loam; 18 percent sand; 33 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots and 0.2 coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02453. Horizon split 18 to 28 cm 86P2453 and 28 to 41 cm sample number 86P2454.; very few to few coarse roots; many fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1BE—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 18 percent sand; 31 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse and very coarse platy, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 37 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, oxide coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02455. Few distinct (10YR 5/2) silt coatings on faces of peds.; common oxide coats surface features on faces of peds; very few fine roots; few fine roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    2Bt1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 25 percent sand; 41 percent clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, oxide coats in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02456. few oxide coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few fine roots; few fine roots; many medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    2Bt2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent sand; 50 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; very firm; 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, oxide coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02457. Horizon split 71 to 81 cm 86P2457 and 81 to 91 cm sample number 86P2458.; few oxide coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    2Bt3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent sand; 55 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.1 fine roots; 2 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, oxide coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02459. very few oxide coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few fine roots
    2Bt4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 33 percent sand; 53 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few fine roots