IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BRONSON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039017
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039017
  • User Site Association ID: 8775
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 3-218
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Transect Interval - 75.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0314
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66492
  • 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: 41.6549988
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6955566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet east and 120 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-F6—Middlebury, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB and GFF, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BRONSON
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bronson
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/22/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 250-4
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    46—107

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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

    122

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    257

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    864

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01969
    E/A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 94P01970
    E/A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01970
    E—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01971
    Bt1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, coats on faces of peds; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01972. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193514; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193514
    Bt2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01973. patchy - phpvsfiid 193515; patchy - phpvsfiid 193516; patchy - phpvsfiid 193515; patchy - phpvsfiid 193516
    Bt3—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01974. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193517; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193517
    BC1—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fine spherical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01975
    BC2—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01976
    2C—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 94P01977