IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IA041103
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA041103
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0395
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54639
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 43.0486107
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9172211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 95N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 549 meters S and 309 meters W of NE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA041—Clay
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA041—Clay County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Sherwood
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 103
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

    —

    —

    —

    —

    315

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02101. Few gravel scattered throughout profile.
    Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02102. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1238537; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1238537
    Bw2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02103
    Bw3—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02104
    BC—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam, loamy sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02105. few fine faint 10YR54 mottles; few medium distinct 7.5YR54 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    C1—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02106. few fine faint 10YR54 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR54 mottles
    C2—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior loamy sand, sandy loam; loose, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Not sampled.
    C3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few medium faint 10YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles