IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Octagon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN073020
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN073020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR7920
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23239
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025
  • 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: 40.9781333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1465444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet west and 2300 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Octagon
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Octagon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/1979 (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

    3

    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR79201
    B21T—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79202
    B22T—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79203
    B3T—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79204
    C—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # JR79205
    C—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # JR79206
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # JR79207