IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mishawaka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039009
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0820
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66163
  • 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: 41.7000008
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8041687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1590 feet east and 2490 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-F7—Bristol, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB, SLM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mishawaka
  • PSC - 30 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Argiudol
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 8.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 247-2
  • 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: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—46

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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

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    236

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05642
    2Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on sand and gravel; 10 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05643. patchy - phpvsfiid 193531; patchy - phpvsfiid 193532; patchy - phpvsfiid 193531; patchy - phpvsfiid 193532
    2Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on sand and gravel; 25 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05644. patchy - phpvsfiid 179758; patchy - phpvsfiid 179759; patchy - phpvsfiid 179758; patchy - phpvsfiid 179759
    3BC—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05645
    3C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05646
    3C2—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05647
    3C3—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05648
    3C4—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 93P05649