IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coupee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970IN141001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970IN141001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42547
  • Print Date: 1/11/2025

    • 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: 41.7189026
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4538651
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet south and 300 feet west of the NE corner of SW1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: Paul Coorman farm along Snowberry Road
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN141—St. Joseph County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger, Dideriksen and Sanders
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, isothermic Humic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coupee
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, isothermic Humic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39837
    A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed and black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39838
    B—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine high-continuity pores; 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39839
    Bt1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine high-continuity pores; thin dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and black (10YR 2/1) worm casts; nonflat 2-7-13 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39840. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 463014; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 463014
    Bt2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine high-continuity pores; thin clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and black (10YR 2/1) worm casts; nonflat 2-7-13 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39841. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 463051; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 463051
    2B1—84 to 92 centimeters (33.1 to 36.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films; 13 percent by volume 13-19-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39842. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 463086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 463086
    2B2—92 to 112 centimeters (36.2 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 13 percent by volume nonflat 13-19-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39843
    2B3—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 13 percent by volume 6-16-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39844
    2C1—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39845
    2C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39846
    2C3—183 to 249 centimeters (72.0 to 98.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A39848, 40A39847. Bands sampled separately from material between.