IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahalasville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN107003
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN107003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY7903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23067
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.0849750
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9047167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet north and 210 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland variant
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1979 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY79031
    B21T—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY79032
    B22T—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY79033
    B23T—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY79034
    B23T—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY79035
    B3—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY79036
    C1—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 21 percent prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY79037
    C2—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # MY79038