IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Craigmile
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149004
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23134
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.3051222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6497639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet west and 1740 feet south of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Craigmile
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Craigmile
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1977 (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); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77041
    A12—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77042
    C1G—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77043
    C2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77044
    C3G—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77045
    C4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # SR77046