IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Patton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN135026
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN135026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RA7926
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23006
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.1908139
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8809972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 850 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Houghtby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Patton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/2023
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Patton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/1979 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    18—200

    28—81

    —28—

    —182—

    —53—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common fine roots; many fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79261
    AB—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; common fine roots; many fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79262
    Btg1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots; many medium and many fine pores; 15 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79263
    Btg2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots; many medium and many fine pores; 15 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 22 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79264
    Btg3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots; many medium and many fine pores; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79265
    Cg1—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; few fine roots; common medium and common fine pores; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 22 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79266
    2Cg2—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) stratified stratified sandy loam to silt loam; structureless massive; friable; common medium and common fine pores; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79267
    2Cg3—163 to 200 centimeters (64.2 to 78.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common medium and common fine pores; 22 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-25-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # RA79268