IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IA085005
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IA085005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IA085005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1435
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35043
  • 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: -95.7791672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 115 feet east and 430 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 #: 5
  • 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

    ULMUS

    Celtis

    Ulmus

    hackberry

    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

    15

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    270

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    O2—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A11077. Partially decayed leaves and twigs.
    A11—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; fine granular structure; very friable; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11078. Abundant small fauna droppings; leached post-Farmdale loess.
    A12—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to fine granular structure; friable; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11079. Common light gray silt particles apparent when dry; other small fauna casts abundant.
    B1—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11080. patchy - phpvsfiid 186247; patchy - phpvsfiid 186247
    B2—37 to 60 centimeters (14.6 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11081. Sampled 13 to 21 inches; sparse light gray silt grains on peds.
    B3—60 to 95 centimeters (23.6 to 37.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A11082. Sampled 24 to 34 inches.
    C1—95 to 126 centimeters (37.4 to 49.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11083. Sampled 38 to 48 inches.
    C2—126 to 161 centimeters (49.6 to 63.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11084. Post-Farmdale loess; sampled 52 to 62 inches.