IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN097001
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN097001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MN7101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22307
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 39.8616722
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3276528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet north and 100 feet east of the southeast cornernorthwest 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN097—Marion

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gilbert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1971
  • 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: 6/28/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN71011
    A2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN71012
    B21TG—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN71013
    B22TG—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN71014
    B23T—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN71015
    B3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; very firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN71016
    C—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MN71017