IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IN157012
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IN157012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8612
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23841
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 5W
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet east and 100 feet south of the northwest corner Section 86
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1986
  • 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: 9/24/1986 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86121
    A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86122
    BT1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86123
    BT2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86124
    BT3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86125
    BT4—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; loose; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86126
    BC—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium granular structure; loose; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI86127
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # TI86128