IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN031003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN031003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22999
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.1997306
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6697917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet west and 1500 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Haplaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orrville
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/1977 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC78031
    A12—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak fine platy structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # DC78032
    B21—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC78033
    B22—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78034
    B23—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78035
    B24—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC78036
    C1—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78037