IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IA085001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IA085001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IA085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1431
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35039
  • 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: -95.7855530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1090 feet east and 360 feet north of the southwest corner of the SW 1/4 of the SE 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • 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 - 9/29/1959
  • 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: 9/29/1959 (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

    CELTI

    QUAL

    ULMUS

    Celtis

    Quercus alba

    Ulmus

    hackberry

    white oak

    elm

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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

    20

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    90

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11048. Partially decomposed leaves and twigs.
    A1—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11049. Leached post-Farmdale loess.
    B2—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent worm casts and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11050. Common gray silt grains on ped exteriors; matrix leached.
    B3—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent worm casts and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11051. Sparse gray silt grains on ped exteriors; matrix leached.
    C1—39 to 64 centimeters (15.4 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 21 percent carbonate concretions and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A11052
    C2—64 to 115 centimeters (25.2 to 45.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11053. Post-Farmdale loess.