IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kamrar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964IA079002
  • User Pedon ID: S1964IA079002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1485
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35093
  • User Project ID: 2024-1
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Marna-Kossuth and Kamrar-Bode update
  • Print Date: 7/3/2025

    • 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: 42.4008300
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7161100
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 88N
  • Range: 25W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 523 feet E and 1022 feet N of the SW corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA079—Hamilton
  • 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: IA079—Hamilton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.I. Dideriksen, C.S. Fisher, and M.P. Koppen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kamrar
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/2025
  • Classifier - Clayton Johnson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kamrar
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey lacustrine deposits over loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/2022 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Biol. Crust Type Dominant - none evident
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    free carbonates

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—55

    55—158

    100—183

    100—183

    158—183

    —55—

    —103—

    —83—

    —83—

    —25—
    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

    2

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    135

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11567. color is the same when kneaded; evident clean sand grains.
    A2—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11568. color is the same when kneaded; very little fine granular structure; clean sand grains on the peds and some 1/8 inch pebbles.
    A3—35 to 55 centimeters (13.8 to 21.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) on faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3) on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide coats and 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11569. color is the same when kneaded; weak, wavy pebble band in the lower part with pebbles 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191628; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191628
    Bw2—55 to 78 centimeters (21.7 to 30.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) on faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11570. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191631; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191631; few very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fills in pores.
    Bw3—78 to 80 centimeters (30.7 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; brown (10YR 4/3) on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) on faces of peds and faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11571. some very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fills in pores and voids.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175118
    Bw4—80 to 100 centimeters (31.5 to 39.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; 3.0 fine tubular pores; brown (10YR 4/3) on faces of peds and faint clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films and 37 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide coats and 37 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) oxide coats; 1 percent fine olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, clay depletions; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11572. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175121; few pebbles; this horizon is the contact to a layer with accumulations of lime rocks and increased number of pebbles.
    2Bw1—100 to 128 centimeters (39.4 to 50.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats and 37 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11573. some pebbles and lime rocks; some vertical faces coated with lime.
    2Bw2—128 to 158 centimeters (50.4 to 62.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11574. one large stone in the pit and common pebbles; a few shale fragments; some lime oriented on ped faces and in pores.
    2C—158 to 183 centimeters (62.2 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; massive; 18 percent iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11575. mottles oriented around cleavage faces; oxides are the same as in the horizon above.