IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA185001
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA185001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0429
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54673
  • 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: 40.7308350
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3775024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 69N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA185—Wayne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.A.D and J.M.G.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, sloping Typic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1983 (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
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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02304. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    1A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 38 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02305. common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    1Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior clay; 18 percent sand; 50 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02306. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    1Bt2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 52 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02307. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Bt3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 48 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02308. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Bt4—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 45 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02309. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Bt5—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay; 22 percent sand; 42 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02310. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Bt6—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; 22 percent sand; 38 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Not sampled.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1BC—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; 26 percent sand; 36 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles