IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BAINTER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039016
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66491
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 41.4872208
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7402802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2520 feet north and 2335 feet west of the southeast 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-D6—Lake Wawasee, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB, AAC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BAINTER
  • PSC - 33 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Billett
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 248-10
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    33—137

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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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    —

    257

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    864

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01961
    E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01962
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01963. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179712; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179713; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179712; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179713
    Bt2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sandy loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 12 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01964. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179714; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179714
    Bt3—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sandy loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 14 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01965. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179715; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179715
    Bt4—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular and tubular pores; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, and 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01966. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193511; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193511
    Bt5—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01967. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193513; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193513
    2C—137 to 213 centimeters (53.9 to 83.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 14 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 94P01968