IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harps
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IA015-004
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IA015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0537
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65880
  • 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: 41.9983330
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7227783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Boone County, Iowa - 165 feet North of Nicollet site & 96 feet West of fence.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA015—Boone
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA015—Boone County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harps
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2014
  • Classifier - CAJ
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harps
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1993
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Apk—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03887
    Ak1—19 to 28 centimeters (7.5 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03888
    Ak2—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03889
    Bkg1—44 to 64 centimeters (17.3 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03890
    Bkg2—64 to 85 centimeters (25.2 to 33.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03891. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1238530; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1238530
    BCg—85 to 103 centimeters (33.5 to 40.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03892
    Cg1—103 to 132 centimeters (40.6 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03893
    Cg2—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 93P03894