IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979IN049005
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN049005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FU7905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23445
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 41.0714750
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3757083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4 of
  • Location Description: Union Township; 200 ft E and 300 ft N of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: RlA—Riddles fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN049—Fulton
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN049—Fulton County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-B4—Culver, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F098XA015MI Dry Loamy Drift Plains Apr 3 2024 Sydney Lance

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Soil Survey Staff
  • 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
    • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FU79051
    B1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79052
    B21T—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79053
    B22T—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79054
    B23T—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79055
    B31—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79056
    B32—117 to 160 centimeters (46.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79057
    C—160 to 178 centimeters (63.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # FU79058