IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skelton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN051006
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN051006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23811
  • 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: 38.3920639
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7088611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1025 feet west and 105 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams and Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Skelton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skelton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/1985
  • 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: 3/28/1985 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85061
    BT1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # GB85062
    BT1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85063
    BT2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # GB85064
    BT2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85065
    BT3—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # GB85066
    BT3—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85067
    BT4—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), 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 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85068
    BC—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85069
    C—160 to 178 centimeters (63.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # GB850610