IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN169002
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN169002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7602
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22814
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.0292278
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8502889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 740 feet east and 100 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1976 (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); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76021
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76022
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76023
    B21T—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76024
    B22T—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76025
    B3—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76026
    C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # WB76027