IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958IA085003
  • User Pedon ID: S1958IA085003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958IA085003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1427
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35035
  • 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: 41.7336121
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7766647
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet east and 310 feet north of south center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA085—Harrison
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA085—Harrison County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. H. Simonson and R. B. Daniels.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MONONA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monona
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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    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

    7

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    135

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11020. Partially decayed leaves; mixture of organic and mineral matter in lower part.
    A11—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11021. Leached post-Farmdale loess.
    A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to fine granular structure; friable; coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11022. Common concentration of bleached silt grains on ped exteriors.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186239; continuous - phpvsfiid 186239
    B2—28 to 49 centimeters (11.0 to 19.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11023. Few bleached silt grains on peds.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186240; continuous - phpvsfiid 186240
    B3—49 to 92 centimeters (19.3 to 36.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11024
    C1—92 to 138 centimeters (36.2 to 54.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11025
    C2—138 to 166 centimeters (54.3 to 65.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11026