IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN167001
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN167001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VI6901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22323
  • 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: 39.5422778
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3570556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 320 feet west and 80 feet south of the northeast cornerNW1/4 SE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN167—Vigo

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Montgomery and Rivera
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1970 (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) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VI69011
    A12—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69012
    B21—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69013
    B22—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69014
    B3—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69015
    BC—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); loamy sand; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # VI69016
    C—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # VI69017