IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958IA085004
  • User Pedon ID: S1958IA085004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958IA085004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1428
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35036
  • 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: 41.7494431
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7847214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 475 feet south and 20 feet west of the northeast corner of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MONONA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monona
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1958
  • 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: 8/6/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    FRAXI

    MORUS

    POA

    Fraxinus

    Morus

    Poa

    ash

    mulberry

    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
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    2

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    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11027. Leached post-Farmdale loess.
    A12—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11028
    B2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; coats on faces of peds; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11029. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186241; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186241
    B3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11030. patchy - phpvsfiid 186242; patchy - phpvsfiid 186242
    C1—76 to 157 centimeters (29.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11031
    C2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11032. Loess.