IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dinsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA0130014
  • User Pedon ID: 86IA0130014
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Dinsdale_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0328
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59623
  • 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: 42.3116684
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3019409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 87N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 919 feet west and 188 feet south of the northeast corner
  • 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: Herb Wilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1986 (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
    • 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01645
    1A1—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01646
    1AB—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01647
    1Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01648. Common (10YR 3/1) worm castings.; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221662; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221662
    1Bt2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01649. Few (10YR 3/2) worm castings. Few small black accumulations (10YR 2/1).; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221663
    2BC—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01650. Few small black (10YR 2/2) accumulations. Few 1 to 3 cm pebbles in lower part.; common clay films surface features; few medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2C1—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.
    2C2—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Few large black (10YR 2/2) nodules.; few medium 7.5YR44 mottles
    2C3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.