IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Princeton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IN047007
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IN047007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FR8207
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23692
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.4694278
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1711194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet west and 320 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN047—Franklin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Villars and Shively
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1981 (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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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR82071
    BA—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR82072
    BT1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR82073
    BT2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # FR82074
    BT3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR82075
    BT4—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # FR82076
    BT5—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR82077
    BT6—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR82078
    BT7—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR82079
    BC—157 to 168 centimeters (61.8 to 66.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR820710
    C—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # FR820711