IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahalasville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN023004
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CT7504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22540
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 40.4090778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4307250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet north and 15 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN023—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Miles and Fink
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1975 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75041
    A12—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75042
    B21T—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75043
    B22TG—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75044
    B23TG—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75045
    B31—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75046
    B32—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 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 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CT75047
    C1—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75048
    C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # CT75049