IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Octagon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157020
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8420
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23794
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.3465778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8347778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1770 feet west and 410 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Octagon
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Octagon
  • Classificaton Date - 2/16/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/16/1984 (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), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84201
    BT1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84202
    BT2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84203
    BT3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, manganese coatings; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84204
    BT4—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, manganese coatings; 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84205
    C—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # TI84206