IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sloan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN031015
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN031015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7615
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22613
  • 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: 39.4292972
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5644750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet west and 620 feet south of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sloan
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sloan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76151
    A12—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76152
    B21G—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76153
    B22G—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76154
    B3G—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76155
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # DC76156