IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BROOKSTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039007
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993IN039007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0695
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66038
  • 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: 41.4824982
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9955521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1257 feet N and 3042 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex A. Brock, Deb Jimison, Don Franzmeier, and Shane L. McBurnett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BROOKSTON
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 24210
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—122

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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

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    264

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    180

    864

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    10

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04798; moist when described;
    Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak coarse granular structure; firm; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04799; moist when described;
    AB—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04800; moist when described;
    Btg1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04801; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175924; continuous - phpvsfiid 175924
    Btg2—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04802; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175925; continuous - phpvsfiid 175925
    Btg3—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04803; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175926; continuous - phpvsfiid 175926
    2BC1—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04804; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175927; continuous - phpvsfiid 175927
    2BC2—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; very slow permeability; 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04805; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175928; continuous - phpvsfiid 175928
    2C—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; very firm; very slow permeability; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P04806; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175929; continuous - phpvsfiid 175929