IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA177007A
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA177007A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0393
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59688
  • 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: 40.7119446
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9463882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 314 feet north and 546 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. S. Lucassen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic, sloping Typic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • 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 - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous and/or till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02021. Streaks and pockets of (10YR 4/3).; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles
    1BE—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02022. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features; few fine roots; few medium prominent 5YR46 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    2BC1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior clay; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02023. common clay films surface features; few fine roots; few fine prominent 2.5YR36 mottles
    2BC2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) interior clay; 1 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02024. common clay films surface features; few fine roots; few medium prominent 2.5YR34 mottles
    2BC3—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior clay; 11 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) medium prominent and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02025. common clay films surface features; common medium prominent 2.5YR36 mottles; common medium prominent 2.5YR46 mottles
    2BC4—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior clay; 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine prominent and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02026. common clay films surface features; many fine prominent 2.5YR36 mottles; many fine prominent 2.5YR46 mottles
    2BC5—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. common clay films surface features; few fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles