IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA1530043
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1530043
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59659
  • 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: 41.8256084
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5593462
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 81N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: W 1/2, SW 1/2
  • Location Description: Elkhard Twp.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA153—Polk

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • 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 - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01849
    1B1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01850
    1B2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01851
    1C1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01852
    1C2—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01853. common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    1C3—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles