IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shipshe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IN087001
  • User Pedon ID: 89IN087001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0620
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61720
  • 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: 41.7333336
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3027802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet W and 2500 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN087—Lagrange
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Larson, Bill Hosteter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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
  • PSC - 41 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—66

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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

    1

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    287

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    135

    84

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 99 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fine and medium pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03433; moist when described;. common fine and medium roots throughout
    AB—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium pores; distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03434; moist when described;. common fine and medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233067; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233067
    Bt1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium pores; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03435; moist when described;. common fine and medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 233068; patchy - phpvsfiid 233068
    Bt2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium pores; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03436; moist when described;. common fine and medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 233069; patchy - phpvsfiid 233069
    Bt3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium pores; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03437; moist when described;. common medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 233070; patchy - phpvsfiid 233070
    Bt3—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P03438; moist when described;. effervescence is continuous
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sand; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 89P03439