IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN141004
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN141004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SA7004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22322
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.6798083
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0942000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet south and 200 feet east of the northwest cornerNE1/4 NW1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger and Bernard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1971
  • 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: 3/1/1971 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA70041
    A12—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA70042
    A3—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA70043
    B21—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA70044
    B22—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA70045
    B3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA70046
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # SA70047