IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Clarinda
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2008IA053001
User Pedon ID:
S2008IA053001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
08N0635
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
19893
Print Date:
6/1/2024
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:
40.8396950
Std. Longitude:
-93.7671967
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
70N
Range:
25W
Section:
30
PLSS Details:
NE1/4NE1/4
State:
Iowa
County:
IA053—Decatur
MLRA:
109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IA053—Decatur County, Iowa
PEDON
Describers Name:
JM, RL, AY, DW, LG, KW
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Clarinda
Classificaton Date -
7/6/2010
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Clarinda
Classificaton Date -
8/13/2008
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
paleosol and/or colluvium and/or till
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/13/2008 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Current Weather -
partly cloudy
Current Air Temp -
27
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
12
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339
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270
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Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03885
BA—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03886
2Btg1—25 to 54 centimeters (9.8 to 21.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 25 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films; 30 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03887
2Btg2—54 to 70 centimeters (21.3 to 27.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 2 percent pressure faces and 20 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03888
3Btkg1—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 20 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay films; 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) iron depletions and 20 percent coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine light gray (2.5Y 7/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03889
3Btkg2—95 to 123 centimeters (37.4 to 48.4 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent gray (5Y 5/1) clay films; 15 percent gray (5Y 6/1) iron depletions and 20 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent fine dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03890
3Btkg3—123 to 156 centimeters (48.4 to 61.4 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 40 percent gray (5Y 5/1) clay films; 1 percent greenish gray (10GY 6/1) iron depletions and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03891
3Btkg4—156 to 182 centimeters (61.4 to 71.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 5 percent pressure faces and 30 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films; 1 percent light gray (5Y 7/1) iron depletions and 1 percent medium prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine 2.5Y 1 (2.5Y1) carbonate nodules; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03892
3BCg—182 to 203 centimeters (71.7 to 79.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay films; 2 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 15 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03893