IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abscota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN085007
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN085007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO8107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23726
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 7E
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet south and 2200 feet east of the northwest corner (missing Section number)
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Abscota
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Abscota
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1981
  • 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: 10/16/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO81071
    B—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # KO81072
    C1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO81073
    C2—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO81074
    C3—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; weak coarse granular structure; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO81075
    C4—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand; massive; friable; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO81076
    C5—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # KO81077