IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN083018
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN083018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7618
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22710
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 38.8915194
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4623861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 10W
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet north and 30 feet west of the furthest southeast corner Donation 12
  • Map Unit: ElA—Elston sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN083—Knox County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1976 (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 brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76181
    A12—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76182
    B21T—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76183
    B22T—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76184
    B3—109 to 168 centimeters (42.9 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76185
    C—168 to 190 centimeters (66.1 to 74.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # KX76186