IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IN045004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IN045004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IN045004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5243
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42490
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 40.1803093
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4077835
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2-1/2 miles north of Covington, 1 mile east of Wabash River, 66 feet east of mausoleum and 250 feet north of road center line.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN045—Fountain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN045—Fountain County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert B. Grossman and Carl Guernsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eel
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 11/11/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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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

    4

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    90

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    A1p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak coarse granular, and massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39404
    A11—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39405
    A12—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) and dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots; throughout and 10 percent between sand grains; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A39406
    A3—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A39407
    B1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A39408
    B21t—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A39409
    B22—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39410
    B3—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) coarse sand; massive; 0.5 roots; 75 percent coats between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39411
    C1—163 to 193 centimeters (64.2 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse sand; loose; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A39412
    C2—193 centimeters (76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse sand; fragments; slight effervescence.