IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conover
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN023001
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CT7601
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22472
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.1926778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4502556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2175 feet south and 225 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN023—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wade
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Conover
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conover
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1976
  • 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: 7/27/1976 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76011
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76012
    B21T—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76013
    B22T—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76014
    B3—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # CT76015
    C—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # CT76016