IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bronson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039004
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039004
  • User Site Association ID: 8800
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 93-14
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0411
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65754
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 41.6361122
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9491653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1058 feet west and 468 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 42 feet east and 468 feet south of C/L of CR and east side of woods.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brock, Furr, Chowdhery, Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bronson
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brady
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 243-5
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 13
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    64—114

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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

    235

    864

    10

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03050
    E1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03051
    E2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; brown (7.5YR 4/4) distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03052
    E3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; brown (7.5YR 4/4) distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03053
    Bt1—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03054. continuous - phpvsfiid 178765; continuous - phpvsfiid 178765
    Bt2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 21 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03055. continuous - phpvsfiid 178766; continuous - phpvsfiid 178766
    2C—114 to 203 centimeters (44.9 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P03056