IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA1570024
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1570024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0368
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59663
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 41.6166649
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4666672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 79N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south and 2400 feet east of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA157—Poweshiek
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA157—Poweshiek County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01873
    1Bt1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01874. continuous - phpvsfiid 221755; continuous - phpvsfiid 221755
    1Bt2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01875. Few fine black oxides.; few medium distinct 5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 221756; continuous - phpvsfiid 221756
    1Bt3—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01876. Few fine black oxides.; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 5Y52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221757; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221757
    1Bt4—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; , moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01877. Few fine black oxides.; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221758; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221758
    1BC—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; , moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01878. Common fine black oxides.; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221759; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221759
    1C—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Few common black oxides. Clay coats on vertical cleavage.; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles