IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039004
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0248
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67266
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.6077766
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9550018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: In a cultivated field, 2580 feet east and 288 feet south 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

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, mesic Typic Medisaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Op—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (N 2/0) rubbed Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01587
    Oa1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (N 2/0) rubbed Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01588
    Oa2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (N 2/0) rubbed Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01589
    Oa3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and black (N 2/0) broken face Error; weak medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01590
    Oa4—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and black (N 2/0) rubbed Error; massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01591
    Oa5—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) oxidized and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01592
    Oa6—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) oxidized and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01593
    Oa7—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) oxidized and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01594