IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN171002
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN171002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WN8402
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23756
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.1415361
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4380861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1350 feet west and 150 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN171—Warren

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/1984 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN84021
    A—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84022
    BT1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sandy loam; fine subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84023
    BT2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand; fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84024
    BT3—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84025
    BC1—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84026
    BC2—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # WN84027
    BC2—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WN84028
    C1—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 7 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WN84029
    C2—203 to 244 centimeters (79.9 to 96.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 13 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WN840210