IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gravelton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN085003
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN085003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO8103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23769
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • 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: 41.4145167
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8257667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2525 feet south and 125 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gravelton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gravelton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO81031
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loamy sand; coarse granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81032
    A3—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81033
    C—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81034
    CG1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 23 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81035
    CG2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 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 7.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81036
    CG3—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) sand; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81037
    CG4—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81038
    CG5—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # KO81039