IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN015002
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CA8502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23839
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 40.5133361
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6304944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2310 feet east and 1825 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN015—Carroll
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Braun
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockfield
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 12/9/1985 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CA85021
    BT1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85022
    BT2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85023
    BT3—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85024
    BT4—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85025
    BT5—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85026
    BT6—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85027
    BT7—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85028
    BT8—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85029
    BCT—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA850210
    C—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # CA850211