IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cresco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IA089001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IA089001
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Cresco_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-783-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74628
  • Print Date: 1/11/2025

    • 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: 43.3858337
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3638916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 24 feet north and 550 feet east of southwest corner SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA089—Howard
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA089—Howard County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. E. Tyler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cresco
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2010
  • Classifier - L.E. Tyler
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cresco
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1956
  • Classifier - L.E. Tyler
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty over Iowan till
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # ISU03778
    A12—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # ISU03779
    A3—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam, clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # ISU03780
    B1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # ISU03781. Pebble band enters lower part of this horizon.
    2B1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # ISU03782. Pebble band occurs in upper part of this horizon.
    2B2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # ISU03783. continuous - phpvsfiid 1375274; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375275; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375276; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375274; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375275; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375276
    2B23—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # ISU03784. continuous - phpvsfiid 1375277; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375278; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375277; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375278
    2B3—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # ISU03785. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375280; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375281; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375282; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375280; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375281; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375282
    2B3—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # ISU03786. continuous - phpvsfiid 1375284; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375285; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375283; continuous - phpvsfiid 1375284; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375285; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375283
    2C1—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed clay loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; firm; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03787. This horizon and all above horizons leached.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375286; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375286
    2C2—168 to 178 centimeters (66.1 to 70.1 inches); 60 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and 30 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed clay loam; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # ISU03788. Unleached; the thickness of leached soil is normally about 46 inches. Near more porous areas (sand cracks) the carbonate line dips.