IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN085001
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23269
  • 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: 41.3680611
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7556389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet west and 1350 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley and Froehle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 11/6/1978 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO79011
    B21T—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79012
    B22T—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79013
    B23T—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79014
    B3—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79015
    C—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # KO79016