IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA0410015
  • User Pedon ID: 86IA0410015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0335
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59630
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024
  • 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: 43.0530548
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9230576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 95N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2559 feet W and 221 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA041—Clay
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, 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 - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1986 (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

    3

    270

    1Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01685. common fine and medium roots
    1Ap2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01686. common fine and medium roots
    1A1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and black (10YR 2/1) interior and 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01687. common fine and medium roots
    1AB—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) coats and 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01688. few coats surface features; few coats surface features; common fine and medium roots
    1Bw1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01689. Few (10YR 2/1) worm casts.; few coats surface features; common fine and medium roots
    1Bw2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01690. Few (10YR 2/1 and 2/2) worm casts.; common fine and medium roots
    1Bw3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01691. Few (10YR 2/1 and 2/2) worm casts.; common fine and medium roots
    1BC—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 1 percent spherical carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Few (5YR 4/6) and (2.5YR 3/6) oxides.; few soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    1C—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. common fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Cr—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; 30 percent spherical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. many soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles