IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ipava
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72IN083004
  • User Pedon ID: 72IN083004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VE7204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22331
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • 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: 40.1214028
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4880917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet east and 1800 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN165—Vermillion

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robarts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ipava
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Flanagan
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VE72041
    A12—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VE72042
    A3—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VE72043
    B21T—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VE72044
    B22T—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VE72045
    B23T—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VE72046
    B3—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # VE72047
    C—119 to 183 centimeters (46.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # VE72048