IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guckeen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964IA079003
  • User Pedon ID: S1964IA079003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964IA079003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1480
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35088
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 42.3411102
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7991638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 87N
  • Range: 25W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 432 feet N and 856 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA079—Hamilton
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • 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 Cumulic 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guckeen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/26/2021
  • Classifier - Clayton Johnson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guckeen
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciolacustrine deposits over loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1964 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    free carbonates

    0—60

    78—183

    93—183

    —60—

    —105—

    —90—
    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

    1

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11516. cloddy; many clean fine sand grains.
    A1—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11517. kneaded color same as moist color; many clean sand grains; very few pebbles.
    A2—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11518. some very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) peds in the lower part; sand grains are evident; more fine pebbles than in horizon above.
    A3—48 to 60 centimeters (18.9 to 23.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11519. pebbles and sand grains are dull and coated.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1410924; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1410924
    Bg—60 to 78 centimeters (23.6 to 30.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay films and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11520. few pebbles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1410926; continuous - phpvsfiid 1410926
    2B1—78 to 85 centimeters (30.7 to 33.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide coats and 55 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11521. this horizon has some 1/2 to 1 inch diameter lime rock but the matrix is noncalcareous.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1410928; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1410928
    2B2—85 to 93 centimeters (33.5 to 36.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats and 37 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11522. some stones about 2 inches in diameter; some calcium carbonate on vertical faces but the matrix is not calcareous.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1410931; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1410931
    2B3—93 to 108 centimeters (36.6 to 42.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11523. some vertical cleavage; ped exteriors are coated with lime and are gray to light gray (5Y 6/1) in color; this is a horizon of lime accumulation with lime in pores and some nodules in old voids.
    2B4—108 to 165 centimeters (42.5 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 55 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11524. some vertical cleavage; some lime in pores and vertical faces and some distinct secondary lime concretions in the 42-52 inch layer; 40A11525.
    2C—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; massive; firm; 55 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 55 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11526. one 6 inch diameter stone; few secondary lime concretions about 1/2 inch in diameter.