IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linkville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S03IN099003
  • User Pedon ID: S03IN099003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0260
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15740
  • Print Date: 3/3/2025

    • 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: 41.3343333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2538333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33 N
  • Range: 2 E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 66 feet west and 80 feet north from SE corner
  • Location Description: Marshall County, Indiana; about 2 miles east of Plymouth
  • Map Unit: LnA—Linkville sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN099—Marshall
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN099—Marshall County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-C3—Plymouth, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Brock, David Gehring
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Linkville
  • PSC - 53 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linkville
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till over outwash
  • Landform: end moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 28
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    53—229

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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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    253.6

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    5

    889

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    156

    10.5

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01291; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak thin platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01292; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01293; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01294; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 40 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01295; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—109 to 160 centimeters (42.9 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 45 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01296; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—160 to 193 centimeters (63.0 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 45 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01297; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Bt—193 to 229 centimeters (76.0 to 90.2 inches); 90 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior stratified stratified very gravelly sandy loam to gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 25 percent by volume mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01298; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3BC—229 to 244 centimeters (90.2 to 96.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 37 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01299; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C—244 to 292 centimeters (96.1 to 115.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior stratified stratified very gravelly sand to very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 40 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 03N01300; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Sieve >3/4 inch - 3inches 10.326 WT VOL No. 4 4.75 mm - 19 mm 29.81 55.37% 40% No. 10 2 mm - 4.75 mm 15.23 >2mm >2mm Pan < 2 mm 44.63 44.63%———100.00