IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971IA045006
  • User Pedon ID: S1971IA045006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971IA045006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-179D2-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75094
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.8429661
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8665027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 81N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA045—Clinton
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA045—Clinton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1971
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1971
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the scans archive.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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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

    9

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; cloddy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00291
    Bw—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00292
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00293
    Bt2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00294. patchy - phpvsfiid 1268329; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268329
    C1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00295. pressure faces; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268330; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268330
    C2—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00296. few fine dark oxides; pressure faces
    Cca—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU00297. pressure faces; undeciferable text related to CaCO3