IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shipshe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977IN087001
  • User Pedon ID: 77IN087001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45085
  • Print Date: 2/19/2025

    • 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: 41.7058334
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2930527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: about 1.6 Km E and .12 Km S of Brighton 620 meters N and 31 meters W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: LaGrange Co.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN087—Lagrange

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shipshe
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: dune
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00397. Few fine pebbles; many fine roots
    1A12—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00398. Common fine pebbles.; many fine roots
    1B21t—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior very gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00399. common fine roots
    1B22t—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00400. few fine roots
    1B3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P00401
    2C—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sand and gravel; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P00402