IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA1770019
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1770019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0392
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59687
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.7116661
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9463882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 242 feet north and 522 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA177—Van Buren
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAL—Gallatin, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA177—Van Buren County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Lucassen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic, sloping Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • PSC - 41 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rinda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic, sloping Mollic Ochr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous and/or till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02016. Streaks and pockets of (10YR 5/2).; few fine roots
    1E—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02017. Many light colored dry silt coatings on peds.; few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02018. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features; few fine roots; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR58 mottles; few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    1Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02019. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features; few fine roots; common fine prominent 10YR54 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR58 mottles
    2BC1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; extremely firm*; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02020. common clay films surface features; few fine roots; few fine prominent 10YR54 mottles
    2BC2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior clay; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; extremely firm*; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. common clay films surface features; few fine prominent 5YR44 mottles