IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sloan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN135001
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN135001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RA7801
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23045
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 40.2364833
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0359583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 60 feet west and 120 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Pearson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sloan
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1978
  • 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: 8/28/1978 (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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78011
    A12—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78012
    C1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78013
    C2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA78014
    C3—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA78015
    C4—102 to 190 centimeters (40.2 to 74.8 inches); pale red (2.5YR 6/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78016
    C5—190 to 190 centimeters (74.8 to 74.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) very fine sandy loam; weak fine massive; friable; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # RA78017