IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119033
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119033
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992IN119033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65373
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.3717079
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6316528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet N and 250 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. McCarter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-24
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—193

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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

    46

    15

    174

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    225

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00230
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00231. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175689; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175689
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 65 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00232. continuous - phpvsfiid 175690; continuous - phpvsfiid 175690
    Bt3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00233. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175691
    Bt4—94 to 142 centimeters (37.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00234. 5 inches of 7.5YR 4/4 sandy loam in bands to 2 inches thick; 93P0235.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175692; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175693; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175692; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175693
    Bt5—142 to 180 centimeters (55.9 to 70.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay bridges between sand grains; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00236. 93P0237.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175694; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175694
    Bt6—180 to 193 centimeters (70.9 to 76.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay bridges between sand grains and 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on sand and gravel; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P00238. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175695; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175696; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175695; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175696
    C—193 to 203 centimeters (76.0 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior gravelly sand, stratified sand; single grain; loose; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P00239