IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN141001
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN141001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SA6901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22360
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.6081306
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2022472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 1000 feet east of the southwest corner SE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger and Benton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsville
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1969 (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 -
    • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69011
    A2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69012
    B1T—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69013
    B21T—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69014
    B22T—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69015
    B31—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69016
    B32—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69017
    C1—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69018
    C2—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # SA69019