IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Foresman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IN111015
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IN111015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - NW8315
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23863
  • Print Date: 4/16/2025

    • 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: 40.7717167
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4771722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 2100 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN111—Newton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Osterholz and Tuszynski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Foresman
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Foresman
  • Classificaton Date - 7/5/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/5/1983 (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
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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NW83151
    BT1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83152
    BT2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83153
    BT3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83154
    BT4—89 to 97 centimeters (35.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83155
    BC—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83156
    BC—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83157
    BC—122 to 130 centimeters (48.0 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint ; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83158
    BC—130 to 137 centimeters (51.2 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint ; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW83159
    C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # NW831510