IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ambraw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN055029
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN055029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GN7929
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23696
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 38.9341500
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1090250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 160 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ambraw
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer variant
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/4/1979 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GN79291
    A12—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79292
    B1G—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79293
    B21TG—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79294
    B22TG—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79295
    B23TG—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79296
    B3G—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79297
    CG—130 to 188 centimeters (51.2 to 74.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # GN79298