IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dinsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA0130011
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA0130011
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Dinsdale_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56824
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.3116684
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3241653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA013—Black Hawk
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA013—Black Hawk County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dinsdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous and/or alluvium derived from mixed and/or till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—97

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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

    5

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    135

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02842. Few mixongs of 10YR 4/3.
    1BA—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02843
    1Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02844
    1Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02845
    1Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02846. Pebble band in lower part of horizon.
    3Bt4—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02847. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores
    3BC—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Not sampled.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 2.5Y52 mottles
    3C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine faint 2.5Y52 mottles