IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA153001
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA153001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0597
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60715
  • 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: 41.7493337
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4667132
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Polk County
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA153—Polk

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), 65 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03080
    Bw—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03081
    C1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03082
    C2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03083
    C3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03084
    C4—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03085
    C5—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 88P03086. many medium distinct 10YR68 mottles
    102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 88P03087