IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN087001
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN087001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LG7101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22319
  • 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: 41.7512028
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3324583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west of the northeast corner northeast 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN087—Lagrange

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kirschner
  • 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 - 3/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1972 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LG71011
    A12—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG71012
    B21—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG71013
    B22—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG71014
    B3—94 to 150 centimeters (37.0 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG71015
    C—150 to 157 centimeters (59.1 to 61.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # LG71016