IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1770015
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1770015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0392
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58197
  • 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: 40.7166672
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9333344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 410 feet north and 618 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA177—Van Buren
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAL—Gallatin, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA177—Van Buren County, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Lucassen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rinda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic, sloping Mollic Ochr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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
  • 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

    5

    90

    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02315. Many streaks and masses of (10YR 5/4).; few fine roots; few fine prominent 10YR56 mottles
    1Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02316. few fine roots; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR58 mottles; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220414; continuous - phpvsfiid 220414
    1Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02317. few fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220415; continuous - phpvsfiid 220415
    2BC1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior silty clay; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02318. few fine roots; few fine prominent 5YR33 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220416; continuous - phpvsfiid 220416
    2BC2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior clay; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02319. few fine roots; few fine prominent 5YR33 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220417; continuous - phpvsfiid 220417
    2BC3—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior clay; 11 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02320. common fine prominent 5YR33 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220418; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220418
    2BC4—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior clay; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine prominent and 11 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few fine prominent 5YR33 mottles; common fine prominent 5YR33 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220419; continuous - phpvsfiid 220419
    2BC5—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior clay; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. few fine prominent 5YR33 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220420; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220420