IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dinsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA055012
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0550012
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Dinsdale_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0332
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56048
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 42.5583344
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3166656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 89N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 549 feet south and 1524 feet west of northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA055—Delaware
  • 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: IA055—Delaware County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dinsdale
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dinsdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • 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 till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (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—33

    58—122

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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

    4

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silt loam; cloddy, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01584; moist when described;. Some mixing of 10YR 3/3 in lower part.; few fine roots
    1Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01585; moist when described;. few fine roots
    1Bw2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01586; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230675; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230675
    1Bw3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01587; moist when described;. Stoneline at 55cm.; few fine roots; few fine distinct 5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230676; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230676
    2Bt1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01588; moist when described;. few fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; few medium prominent 2.5YR44 mottles; few medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 230677; continuous - phpvsfiid 230677
    2Bt2—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 230678; continuous - phpvsfiid 230679; continuous - phpvsfiid 230678; continuous - phpvsfiid 230679
    2BC—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; massive; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled. Some vertical cleavage planes.; continuous - phpvsfiid 230680; continuous - phpvsfiid 230681; continuous - phpvsfiid 230680; continuous - phpvsfiid 230681
    2C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles