IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IN157009
  • User Pedon ID: 85IN157009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0890
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57156
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 40.5413895
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9802780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet E and 2500 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Tippecanoe County, IN.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marker
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markham
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04771. Common coarse olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) pockets of silty clay loam material from the subsoil; 3 percent gravel.
    1Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04772. 3 percent gravel.; continuous - phpvsfiid 219425; continuous - phpvsfiid 219425
    1Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04773. 3 percent gravel.; common medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 219426; continuous - phpvsfiid 219426
    1BCt—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04774. 5 percent gravel.; common medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219427; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219427
    1C—66 to 152 centimeters (26.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04775. 5 percent gravel. Split at 114 cm for sampling purposes.; common medium distinct 5Y51 mottles