IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Princeton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN167002
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN167002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VI7002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22390
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.3456611
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4338833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 260 feet east and 360 feet south of the northwest corner NE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN167—Vigo

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Montgomery and Sanders
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VI70021
    B1T—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70022
    B21T—28 to 66 centimeters (11.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70023
    B22T—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70024
    C&BT—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70025
    C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # VI70026