IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RIDDLES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039018
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039018
  • User Site Association ID: 8776
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 3-227
  • Transect Stop Number - 7
  • Transect Interval - 80.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0315
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66493
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.4722214
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9422226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2616 feet south and 455 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-D8—Nappanee East, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB and GFF, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RIDDLES
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: kame
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 243-11
  • 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—23

    38—150

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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

    3

    61

    30.5

    267

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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); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01978
    E—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01979. patchy - phpvsfiid 193518; patchy - phpvsfiid 193518
    Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01980. continuous - phpvsfiid 193519; continuous - phpvsfiid 193519
    Bt2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy clay loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint irregular and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01981. continuous - phpvsfiid 193520; continuous - phpvsfiid 193520
    2Bt3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01982. continuous - phpvsfiid 193521; continuous - phpvsfiid 193521
    2Bt4—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01983. continuous - phpvsfiid 193522; continuous - phpvsfiid 193522
    3Bt5—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P01984. continuous - phpvsfiid 193523; continuous - phpvsfiid 193523
    4BC—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P01985. patchy - phpvsfiid 179716; patchy - phpvsfiid 179717; patchy - phpvsfiid 179716; patchy - phpvsfiid 179717
    4C—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 94P01986. patchy - phpvsfiid 179718; patchy - phpvsfiid 179718