IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN023011
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN023011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CT7511
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22457
  • 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: 40.3541528
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5232306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet east and 1600 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN023—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Fink
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/4/1975 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT75111
    A3—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CT75112
    B21TG—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # CT75113
    B22TG—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CT75114
    B23T—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 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 7.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CT75115
    B3T—122 to 188 centimeters (48.0 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CT75116
    C—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # CT75117