IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0810031
  • User Pedon ID: S1985IA0810031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58164
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 43.2165429
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7902362
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 25W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 575 feet E and 1400 feet N of SW corner
  • 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: Richard Lensch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2013
  • Classifier - C. Johnson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (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
    • 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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    1A p—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02126. Split for sampling at 0 - 13 cm. 13 to 23 cm sample number 86P2127.; few fine roots
    1A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02128. few fine roots
    1AB—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02129. Few (10YR 4/3) mixings.; few fine roots
    1B w1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02130. Few fine shale fragments. Split for sampling 46 to 56 cm sample number 86P2130, 56 to 64 cm sample number 86P2131.; very few fine roots
    1B w2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; 31 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02132. Few fine shale fragments. Split for sampling 64 to 76 cm sample number 86P2132, 76 to 91 cm sample number 86P2133.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations
    1B w3—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Very few fine shale fragments.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations
    1BC—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 24 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles