IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Patton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IN179007
  • User Pedon ID: 84IN179007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57167
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.8872223
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1169434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2046 feet West and 384 feet South of NE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Noel P. Anderson and David K. Lefforge
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Patton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Haplaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—25

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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

    0

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    251

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    180

    84

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04818; moist when described;. common fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout
    1Bg1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04819; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231094; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231094
    1Bg2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04820; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 231095; patchy - phpvsfiid 231096; patchy - phpvsfiid 231095; patchy - phpvsfiid 231096
    1Bg3—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04821; moist when described;. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few iron stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219327; patchy - phpvsfiid 219328; patchy - phpvsfiid 219327; patchy - phpvsfiid 219328
    2Cg—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; firm; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04822; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine prominent 10YR44 mottles; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 219329; patchy - phpvsfiid 219329
    2C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine platy structure; firm; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 85P04823; moist when described;. few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; common medium faint 10YR53 mottles; effervescence is continuous