IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrolia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN125013
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN125013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK8113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23555
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.3908722
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3836750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet east and 500 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Struben and Crafton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1981 (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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    AP1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 3 percent faint ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81131
    AP2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81132
    BW—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81133
    BG1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81134
    BG2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81135
    BG3—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81136
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81137