IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahalasville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN177001
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN177001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WY7901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23197
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 39.8506778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1109694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1060 feet west and 1940 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN177—Wayne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Blank and Busch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1979
  • 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: 7/2/1979 (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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WY79011
    B1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY79012
    B21T—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent 7.5YR 4/0 (7.5YR 4/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY79013
    B22T—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY79014
    B3—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY79015
    C1—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; massive; firm; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY79016
    C2—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) silt loam; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # WY79017