IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IN011003
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IN011003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BO6803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22282
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.0420500
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2415556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 180 feet north and 50 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: ThrA—Treaty silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN011—Boone
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN011—Boone County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Franzmeier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin till
  • Landform: swale on till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—30

    30—127

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BO68031
    A—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # BO68032
    Btg1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 33 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68033
    Btg2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 33 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68034
    Btg3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 33 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68035
    BCg—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; 10 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # BO68036