IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN169011
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN169011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7611
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22767
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.8218833
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7002944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet west and 156 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swale on till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1976 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76111
    A12—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76112
    B21TG—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent black (5Y 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76113
    B22TG—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct olive (5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76114
    B23TG—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent black (5Y 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent black (5Y 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76115
    B3—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76116
    2R—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.