IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linkville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN099001
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MS7101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22356
  • Print Date: 3/3/2025

    • 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: 41.3353222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2633361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 560 feet west and 900 feet north of the southeast cornersouthwest 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN099—Marshall

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Linkville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linkville
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1971 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS71011
    A3—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS71012
    B1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71013
    B21T—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71014
    B22T—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71015
    B23T—114 to 168 centimeters (44.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71016
    B3—168 to 196 centimeters (66.1 to 77.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; 25 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71017
    C—196 to 254 centimeters (77.2 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MS71018