IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morocco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN073018
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN073018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR7918
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23226
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 40.8955333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0848917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet west and 150 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Hunt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1979 (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
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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; bouldery loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR79181
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) bouldery loamy sand; weak medium granular parts to weak coarse platy structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79182
    B21—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) bouldery sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79183
    B22—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) bouldery fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79184
    B3—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79185
    C—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # JR79186
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # JR79187