IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peotone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN007021
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN007021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BE8021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23552
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 40.6387583
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3046889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 90 feet east and 1240 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN007—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Biberdorf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Cumulic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Peotone
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peotone
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1980 (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 -
    • 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BE80211
    A12—28 to 69 centimeters (11.0 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80212
    A13—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80213
    B2G—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80214
    CG—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # BE80215