IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cresco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999IA017002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999IA017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0152
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11660
  • 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: 42.9065819
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5142212
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA017—Bremer
  • 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: IA017—Bremer County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cresco
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    A—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    AB—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bw—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    2Bt1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 212886; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 212886
    2Bt2—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; prominent gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) masses of dark accumulation throughout; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 212887; continuous - phpvsfiid 212887
    2BC—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) masses of dark accumulation throughout; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01144
    2C—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) masses of dark accumulation throughout; 5 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate masses throughout; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 00P01145