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: 11/11/2024

    • 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
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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