IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN007039
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN007039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BE8039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23516
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.6154861
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5088417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 240 feet east and 2500 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN007—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • PSC - 49 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 10/21/1980 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—46

    46—99

    61—

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BE80391
    A—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80392
    Btg—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 21 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80393
    2Bt—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds and 70 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 19-47-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80394
    2Btg—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80395
    2B't—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # BE80396
    2C1—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 21 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80397
    2C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 21 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # BE80398