IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dearborn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN137004
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN137004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI7904
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23144
  • Print Date: 5/11/2025

    • 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: 38.9752222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1648250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet north and 530 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, calcareous, mesic Fluventic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dearborn
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dearborn
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI79041
    B21—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI79042
    B22—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI79043
    C1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak very coarse granular structure; very friable; 40 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI79044
    C2—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; very friable; 40 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI79045
    C3—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; very friable; 40 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # RI79046