IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IN045005
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IN045005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5244
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42491
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.5729256
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3772049
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1-1/2 miles north of Covington, 1 mile east of Wabash River, 245 feet east and 190 feet north of round concrete cover post where gravel road turns north.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN045—Fountain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN045—Fountain County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. R. Grunewald
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, isothermic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • 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

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; massive; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39413
    A3—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39414
    B1t—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 30 percent between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39415
    B21t—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39416
    B22t—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy loam; massive; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39417
    B31—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coarse sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine angular blocky; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A39418
    B32—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39419
    C—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse sand; loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39420