IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dinsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0130041
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0130041
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Dinsdale_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58128
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • 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

  • Describers Name: Kermit Voy, Shannon Gomes and Jim Sanner
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dinsdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01909. (10YR 3/3) mixings in lower part.
    1BA—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01910. (10YR 3/2) ped coats in upper part.
    1Bw1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01911. (10YR 3/3) ped coats.
    1Bw2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01912. (2.5Y 4/2) ped coats.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few iron stains surface features on faces of peds
    1Bw3—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01913. few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, iron stains; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. 5 cm zone of sandy loam material in lower part.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few iron stains surface features; few medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles