IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN099010
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN099010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MS7610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23271
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 41.2095972
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3391194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 400 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN099—Marshall

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 11/11/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS76101
    A2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MS76102
    B21T—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS76103
    B22T—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS76104
    B23T—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS76105
    B3T—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS76106
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MS76107