IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN167002
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN167002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VI6902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22324
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 39.5422250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3541500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet east and 100 feet south of the northwest cornernortheast 1/4 southeast 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN167—Vigo

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Montgomery and Rivera
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VI69021
    A12—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69022
    B21—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69023
    B22—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69024
    B3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69025
    C—97 to 178 centimeters (38.2 to 70.1 inches); sand; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # VI69027
    C—97 to 178 centimeters (38.2 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # VI69026