IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN077001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23185
  • 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: 38.7366000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4794000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 600 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Villars
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1977 (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); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 3 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF77011
    B21—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF77012
    B22—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF77013
    B23—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF77014
    C1—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; massive; firm; 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF77015
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; massive; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # JF77016