IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Faxon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN073015
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN073015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR8015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23444
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 40.9240750
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0782000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet east and 900 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Faxon
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1980 (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 -
    • 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 gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80151
    B21TG—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80152
    B22TG—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80153
    B23TG—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80154
    C—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80155
    R—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.