IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Algiers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN137002
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN137002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI8002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23327
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 39.3028806
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1384722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1025 feet east and 102 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams and Shadis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Algiers
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Algiers
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/6/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80021
    C1—20 to 76 centimeters (7.9 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80022
    A1B—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80023
    B1GB—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80024
    B21GB—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80025
    B22GB—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80026
    CGB—178 to 206 centimeters (70.1 to 81.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; firm; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # RI80027