IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mermill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN085003
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN085003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7603
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22751
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 41.3765306
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9480833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1345 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mermill
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lenawee variant
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1976
  • 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: 10/12/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (N 3/),, dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO76031
    B1G—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/), loam; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark gray (N 3/), moist, organic stains; 1 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO76032
    B21TG—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO76033
    B22TG—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO76034
    B3G—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO76035
    CG—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # KO76036