IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saranac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN0351087
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0719
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64958
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025
  • 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: 40.1063881
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4847260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1200 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 10, T.19 N., R. 9 E.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN035—Delaware County, Indiana
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Struben and McBurnett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Bedrock: and a dip of 1 to 1 degrees
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS59
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    25—163

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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

    0

    287

    1016

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04368
    Bg1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; 12 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04369. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325493; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325493
    Bg2—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 12 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04370. common very dark gray (5Y 3/1) krotovinas;
    Bg3—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay loam; 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 8 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments. Lab sample # 92P04371
    Bg4—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 8 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04372
    Cg1—163 to 213 centimeters (64.2 to 83.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam, sandy loam; 12 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04373
    Cg2—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) gravelly sandy loam, loam; 12 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; massive; very friable; 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog.