IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA0810014
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA0810014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0580
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56846
  • 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: 43.0284511
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5360850
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 95N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 338 feet east and 1066 feet south of northwest corner SW1/4
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA081—Hancock
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA081—Hancock County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. A. Lensch
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2013
  • Classifier - C. Johnson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—46

    30—94

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    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

    12

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    1A p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02974; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and black (10YR 2/1) exterior loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02975; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1AB—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and black (10YR 2/1) exterior loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02976; dry when described;. Some (10YR 4/3) mixings.; few fine roots
    1B w1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02977; dry when described;. A few (10YR 5/4) mixings.; few fine roots
    1B w1—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02978; dry when described;. A few (10YR 5/3) mixings.; few fine roots
    1B w2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02979; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1B w2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02980; dry when described;. few fine roots
    1C 1—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loam; 22 percent clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine faint 2.5Y56 mottles
    1C 2—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loam; 21 percent clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine faint 2.5Y56 mottles
    1C 3—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loam; 24 percent clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium faint 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 2.5Y56 mottles