IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN137015
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN137015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI7815
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23394
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 39.2949000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0986861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet west and 200 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1978
  • 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: 10/3/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78151
    A12—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78152
    B1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78153
    B21—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78154
    B22—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78155
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; very friable; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # RI78156