IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrolia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN055021
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN055021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GN8021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23688
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 38.9474250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0733722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 300 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Hill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1980 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GN80211
    B21G—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80212
    B22G—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80213
    B3G—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80214
    C1G—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80215
    C2G—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80216
    C3G—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; massive; friable; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # GN80217