IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1530012
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1530012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0363
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56079
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.6475985
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4447010
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 79N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1369 feet N and 130 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: D. Gibson farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA153—Polk

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ROD & EHH
  • 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 - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • 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: 11/1/1985 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—46

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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

    7

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01733. many roots
    1Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01734. many roots
    1Bw2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01735. many roots
    1C1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01736. many roots; many fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    1C2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01737. many roots; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles