IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IA085004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IA085004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IA085004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1434
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35042
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 41.7338905
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7786102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 360 feet east and 425 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 #: 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 - 9/30/1959
  • 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: 9/30/1959 (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

    Celtis

    hackberry

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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

    11

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    270

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    O2—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A11069. Partially decayed leaves and twigs.
    A11—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11070. Appears to be predominantly small fauna droppings other than earthworm casts; leached post-Farmdale loess.
    A12—13 to 19 centimeters (5.1 to 7.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular parts to platy structure; friable; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11071. Sparse light gray silt grains apparent when dry; abundant small fauna droppings.
    B21—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11072. patchy - phpvsfiid 186246; patchy - phpvsfiid 186246
    B22—34 to 60 centimeters (13.4 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11073
    B3—60 to 106 centimeters (23.6 to 41.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A11074. Sampled 25 to 35 inches.
    C1—106 to 136 centimeters (41.7 to 53.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11075
    C2—136 to 182 centimeters (53.5 to 71.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11076. Post-Farmdale loess.