IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Clarion
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1987IA083004
User Pedon ID:
87IA083004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
88P0616
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
60734
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
42.3312126
Std. Longitude:
-93.1371102
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
87N
Range:
20W
Section:
24
PLSS Details:
1553 feet south and 73 feet east of the northwest corner
State:
Iowa
County:
IA083—Hardin
MLRA:
103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IA083—Hardin County, Iowa
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Clarion
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Clarion
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
5/1/1987
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
till
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
7
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180
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03218
Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03219
Bw2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03220
Bw3—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03221
C1—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; friable; carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03222
C2—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03223
C3—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium faint mottles; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03224. common fine and medium faint 10YR62 mottles