IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IN015004
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IN015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 40.6848028
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6667111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2200' west and 2350' north of the southeast corner.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN015—Carroll
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-IND—Indianapolis, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen, Earnest
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glaciofluvial deposits over ablation till over lodgment till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    densic contact

    0—23

    23—79

    79—152

    10—23—30

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    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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-10-76 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-10-76 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-10-76 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Btg—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (2.0) fine roots throughout; common fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, reduced matrix with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, reduced matrix with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-10-76 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-10-76 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-10-76 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1228879; continuous - phpvsfiid 1228879
    2Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (1.0) fine roots between peds; common fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, and reduced matrix with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1228880; continuous - phpvsfiid 1228880
    2Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (2.0) fine roots between peds; few very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, reduced matrix with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1228881; continuous - phpvsfiid 1228881
    2BCt—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; weak thick platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few (1.0) fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, reduced matrix with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1228882; continuous - phpvsfiid 1228882
    2Cd—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6.