IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN073016
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN073016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR8016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23397
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.9448972
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0742111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet west and 1400 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jasper variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1980 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80161
    A12—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 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 smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80162
    B21T—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80163
    B22T—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80164
    R—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.