IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bristol
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039005
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039005
  • User Site Association ID: 8796
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 92-6
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0412
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65755
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.6691666
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8688889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 785 feet north and 60 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Jefferson township.
  • 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: Rex Brock, Franklin Furr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bristol
  • PSC - 53 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormas
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 245-4
  • 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

    53—102

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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

    183

    15.2

    247

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    90

    864

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03057
    E—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03058
    Bt1—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03059. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178767; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178767
    Bt2—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03060. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178768; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178768
    Bt3—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03061
    Bt/C—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P03062. 93P3063
    Bt/C—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P03062