IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conover
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN085003
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN085003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7403
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22478
  • 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: 41.3902389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9963444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet east and 75 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Conover
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosier
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/1974 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO74031
    A2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO74032
    B21TG—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO74033
    B22T—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent , moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO74034
    C1—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # KO74035