IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skelton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN051004
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN051004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23810
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 38.3799444
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7462306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 690 feet north and 959 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwillaims and Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Skelton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skelton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/1985
  • 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: 3/15/1985 (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
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    AP—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85041
    BA—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85042
    BT1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # GB85043
    BT1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85044
    BT2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # GB85045
    BT2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85046
    BT3—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85047
    BC—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85048
    C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # GB85049