IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN031005
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22979
  • 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: 39.3163500
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2602167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 380 feet west and 400 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively and Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1977
  • 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: 7/15/1977 (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 (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC77051
    B21TG—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC77052
    B22TG—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC77053
    B23TG—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC77054
    B24TG—76 to 84 centimeters (29.9 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC77055
    B25G—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent prominent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC77056