IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN141006
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN141006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SA7006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22312
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024
  • 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: 41.5712667
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0997000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet west and 340 feet south of the northeast corner southeast 1/4 of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger and Bernard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosier
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosier
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1970 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA70061
    B21T—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA70062
    B22T—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA70063
    B23T—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA70064
    B3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA70065
    C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # SA70066