IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN141005
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN141005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SA6905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22402
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.5943806
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2490000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 20 feet west of the southeast cornerSW1/4 of the SW1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger and Benton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69051
    B1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69052
    B21T—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69053
    B22T—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69054
    B23T—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69055
    B3—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69056
    C—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # SA69057