IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN125012
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN125012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK7912
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23273
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.5351000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3466333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1330 feet south and 2830 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/1979 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79121
    A12—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79122
    A13—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79123
    A14—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79124
    C&B—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79125
    C1—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79126
    C2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # PK79127