IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linkville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN099002
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN099002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MS7102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22357
  • 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: 41.3171972
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2547389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 920 feet west of the northeast corner NE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN099—Marshall
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    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 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS71021
    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; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS71022
    B1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71023
    B21T—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71024
    B22T—71 to 132 centimeters (28.0 to 52.0 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; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71025
    B3—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy 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; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS71026
    C—157 to 254 centimeters (61.8 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # MS71027