IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IN171004
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IN171004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WN8304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23786
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 40.2812278
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4705722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 360 feet east and 2120 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN171—Warren

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Plank and Klika
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markham
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markham
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1983 (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
    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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83041
    BT1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83042
    BT2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains and 35 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83043
    BT3—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83044
    BT4—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WN83045
    C—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # WN83046
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WN83047