IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guckeen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964IA187002
  • User Pedon ID: S1964IA187002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964IA187002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1481
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35089
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 42.2366676
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0822220
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 857 feet S and 1120 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA187—Webster
  • 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: IA187—Webster County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.I. Dideriksen, C.S. Fisher, and M.P. Koppen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guckeen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2018
  • Classifier - Myles Elsen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guckeen
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciolacustrine deposits over till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1964 (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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    free carbonates

    0—53

    53—153

    90—183

    103—183

    —53—

    —100—

    —93—

    —80—
    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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    315

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11527. same color when crushed; cloddy; distinct sand grains evident.
    Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11528. same color when crushed; distinct sand grains.
    A1—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11529. few peds in lower part are very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2); few 1/8 inch pebbles; sand grains are distinct.
    A2—40 to 53 centimeters (15.7 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 25 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), black (10YR 2/1) and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11530. few pebbles.
    Bw2—53 to 70 centimeters (20.9 to 27.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine tubular pores; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) on faces of peds and distinct clay films and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) oxide coats; 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11531. some peds are very dark gray (10YR 3/1) throughout; some root hole fills are black (10YR 2/1); few small shale and quartz pebbles and few pebbles up to about 1 inch in diameter; sand grains are not clean.
    Bw3—70 to 90 centimeters (27.6 to 35.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1) on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) on faces of peds and faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats; shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11532. few black (10YR 2/1) fills in root channels and pores; few stones and shale fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1495385; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1495385
    2Bw1—90 to 103 centimeters (35.4 to 40.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 20 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine tubular pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1) coats on vertical faces of peds and distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films and distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films and 37 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) oxide coats; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11533
    2Bw2—103 to 123 centimeters (40.6 to 48.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1) coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 15 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11534. some gray (10YR 6/1) lime coatings on vertical faces and some lime segregated in pores; common 1/2 to 1 inch diameter lime rock pebbles and other pebbles; some vertical cleavage.
    2Bw3—123 to 153 centimeters (48.4 to 60.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (5Y 6/1) loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine pores; 55 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 55 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11535. some vertical faces; lime is segregated in the pores; common pebbles and stones.
    2C—153 to 183 centimeters (60.2 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (5Y 6/1) loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine pores; 55 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats and 55 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) oxide coats; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11536. horizon is like the one above except the lime is not segregated; increase in stones and pebbles; few pockets and seams of coarse sandy loam.