IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN139008
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN139008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RU7908
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22980
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.4974028
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5532444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 200 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN139—Rush

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brock and Rohleder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1979 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79081
    B21TG—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent black (N 2/0), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU79082
    B22TG—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79083
    C—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt loam; massive; firm; 21 percent distinct yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 29 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU79084
    R—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # RU79085