IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinhook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972IN091002
  • User Pedon ID: 1972IN091002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LP7202
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22388
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.4328639
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8770528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 320 feet south and 1220 feet east northwest cornernortheast 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN091—La Porte

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Montgomery and Thomas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinhook
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinhook
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1972 (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 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LP72021
    A2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak coarse granular parts to weak coarse platy structure; friable; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72022
    B21TG—33 to 81 centimeters (13.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72023
    B22TG—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72024
    C1—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; massive; very friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72025
    C2—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # LP72026