IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973IN091002
  • User Pedon ID: 1973IN091002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LP7302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22321
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.5075139
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8806222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1660 feet west and 860 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN091—La Porte

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Thomas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1973
  • 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: 7/26/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LP73021
    A1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP73022
    B21T—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP73023
    B22—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP73024
    B31—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 8 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP73025
    B32—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand; single grain parts to massive; firm; 10 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP73026
    C1—122 to 226 centimeters (48.0 to 89.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # LP73027