IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahalasville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN107005
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN107005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY8005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23402
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 40.0986417
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8764806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2367 feet east and 396 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/20/1978 (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), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80051
    A12—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80052
    B21T—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY80053
    B22T—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY80054
    B23T—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80055
    B24T—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak medium massive; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # MY80056
    C—132 to 201 centimeters (52.0 to 79.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; firm; 25 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MY80057