IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012IA009001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012IA009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0535
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74311
  • Print Date: 4/30/2025

    • 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: 41.5208357
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9748058
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 11B—Judson-Colo-Ackmore complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA009—Audubon
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ATL—Atlantic, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41094-E8—Exira West, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pulido, Dan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2012
  • Classifier - Pulido, Dan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dissected till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: MLRA SSO 11-ATL
  • 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
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 2 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume , 0 percent by weight unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02474; observed in push tube
    A—19 to 54 centimeters (7.5 to 21.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 2 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume , 0 percent by weight unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02475; observed in push tube
    Bt1—54 to 103 centimeters (21.3 to 40.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 5 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume , 0 percent by weight unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02476; observed in push tube
    Bt2—103 to 121 centimeters (40.6 to 47.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 30 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume , 0 percent by weight unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02477; observed in push tube
    Btk—121 to 150 centimeters (47.6 to 59.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face silty clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 25 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 18 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses; 0 percent by volume , 0 percent by weight unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02478; observed in push tube
    Bt—150 to 163 centimeters (59.1 to 64.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; 7 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 35 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-37-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02479; observed in push tube
    BC—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; 2 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 16 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-37-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 13N02480; observed in push tube