IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN007015
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN007015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BE8015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23515
  • 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: 40.6936194
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2865833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 30 feet west and 60 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN007—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Heltsley and Barnes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1980 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    15

    30

    56

    84

    91

    127

    15

    30

    56

    84

    91

    127

    152

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    29.1

    30.4

    48.9

    45.7

    38.2

    37

    36.1

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    65.3

    64.3

    48.9

    49

    54.5

    56

    58.2

    48.5

    48.2

    40.6

    33.5

    46.9

    47.8

    47.6

    17.9

    17.5

    11.6

    16.4

    7.6

    8.2

    10.6

    5.6

    5.3

    2.2

    5.3

    7.3

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    5.7

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    0.6

    0.4

    0.1

    0.6

    0.4

    0.8

    0.7

    1.8

    1.3

    0.5

    1.1

    1.1

    1

    0.9

    1.7

    1.6

    0.5

    1.5

    1.5

    1.5

    1.4

    1.7

    1.5

    0.6

    2

    2.4

    1.8

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    1.7

    1.8

    0.8

    2

    1.9

    1.9

    0.7

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    sil

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    7.3

    6.3

    7.2

    8.1

    8.2

    8.2
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    A

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    15

    30

    56

    84

    91

    127

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    84

    91

    127

    152

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    7.2

    7

    6

    7.1

    7.7

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    15

    30

    56

    84

    91

    127

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    30

    56

    84

    91

    127

    152

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—30

    30—91

    30—

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    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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BE80151
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BE80152
    2Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80153
    2Bt2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 21 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80154
    2Bt3—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80155
    2C1—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; friable; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80156
    2C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; friable; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 21 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # BE80157