IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shoals
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN177001
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN177001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WY8001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23281
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 39.8494528
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8787917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet east and 600 feet south of the center
  • Map Unit: Sh—Shoals silt loam, occasionally flooded
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN177—Wayne
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN177—Wayne County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Blank and Plank
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals variant
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/1980
  • 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: 3/7/1980 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WY80011
    B21—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY80012
    B22—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY80013
    B23—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY80014
    C1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY80015
    C2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY80016
    C3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WY80017