IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mellott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IN157007
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IN157007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8607
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23867
  • 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: 40.3463222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9014139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 740 feet east and 425 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Zeigler and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mellott
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mellott
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1986 (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); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86071
    BT1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86072
    BT2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # TI86073
    BT2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86074
    BT3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86075
    BT4—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI86076
    BT5—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86077
    BCT—119 to 127 centimeters (46.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86078
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TI86079