IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN085002
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN085002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23270
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.3472222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7540750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1480 feet west and 1175 feet south of the northeast 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1979
  • 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: 9/17/1979 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 9 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO79021
    B21—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79022
    B22T—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79023
    B23—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79024
    B3—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO79025
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # KO79026