IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN107008
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN107008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY8008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23111
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 40.2109000
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9806889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1584 feet south and 320 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brenton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brenton
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1979 (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 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80081
    B1T—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80082
    B21T—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY80083
    B22T—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80084
    B23T—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80085
    B24T—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80086
    B3—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY80087
    C1—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80088
    C2—183 to 198 centimeters (72.0 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; massive; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MY80089