IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN073023
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN073023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR7923
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23113
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.9737250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1842639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet west and 1300 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Hunt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1979 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR79231
    A3—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79232
    B21TG—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent gray (N 5/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79233
    B22TG—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent gray (N 5/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79234
    B23TG—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent prominent gray (N 6/0), moist, iron depletions; 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79235
    CG—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); gray (N 6/0) loam; massive; firm; 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # JR79236
    CG—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 6/0) loam; massive; firm; 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # JR79237