IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cresco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962IA089024
  • User Pedon ID: S1962IA089024
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Cresco_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-783-2
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 43.4025078
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3559418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 940 feet north and 76 feet east of SW corner.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA089—Howard
  • 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: IA089—Howard County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-D3—Lime Springs, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cresco (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/17/2020
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cresco
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1962
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy sediments over till
  • Landscape: dissected till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03707
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03708
    BA—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03709
    2Bw—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03710
    2Bt—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark gray (N 4/), exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (5Y 6/1) exterior clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; dark gray (N 4/) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03711, ISU03712. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362030
    2BC—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (5Y 5/1) exterior and gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03713. gray colors most evident on faces of prisms becoming less distinct with depth.
    2C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # ISU03714