IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cresco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IA065028
  • User Pedon ID: S1970IA065028
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Cresco_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X65783
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74911
  • User Project ID: 202011WAV073
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 104 - Cresco loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • 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: 42.8406372
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0227051
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 125 feet north and 85 feet east of southwest corner of NW 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA065—Fayette
  • 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: IA065—Fayette County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42092-G1—Sumner, 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
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/17/2020
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cresco
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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) loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02808
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02809
    BA—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02810
    2Bw—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) exterior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02811
    2Bt—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) exterior clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02812. patchy - phpvsfiid 1361769; patchy - phpvsfiid 1361769
    2BC—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) and gray (5Y 5/1) exterior clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU02814, ISU02813
    2C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; massive; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # ISU02815