IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN127011
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN127011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 41.5210167
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1647333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 1
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Elliott silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, in a cultivated field 700 feet west and 160 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 1, T. 35N., R. 7W.
  • Map Unit: ElA—Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN127—Porter
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN127—Porter County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • PSC - 33 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/2014 (entry creation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    25—

    33—74

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    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); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (4.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2AB—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; common (4.0) fine roots; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.8) fine roots; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 12 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.8) medium roots; 30 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 18 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    2BC—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.8) medium roots; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 20 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions throughout; medium prominent threadlike very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence.