IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palms
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039013
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0255
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67273
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.5758324
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9338913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1550 feet south and 2350 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: PaaAN—Palms muck, drained, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111C—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-E8—Foraker, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex A. Brock, Shane L. McBurnett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • PSC - 81 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/19/2017
  • Classifier - Jonathan Diaz Cruz
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic Terric Medisaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material and/or herbaceous organic material and/or loamy unspecified material
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Rex A. Brock, Shane L. McBurnett
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    free carbonates

    0—89

    0—203

    89—203

    89—203

    —89—

    —203—

    —114—

    —114—
    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

    —

    —

    —

    243

    —

    937

    —

    —

    9.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed and black (N 2/0) broken face muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.6 Bromthymol blue; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01643
    Oa1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed and black (N 2/0) broken face muck; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.4 Bromthymol blue; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01644
    Oa2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed and black (N 2/0) broken face muck; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.6 Bromthymol blue; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01645
    Oa3—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed and black (N 2/0) broken face muck; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.6 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01646
    Cg1—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silty clay loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent cylindrical mottles; massive; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01647
    Cg2—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silt loam; massive; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 7.4 Bromthymol blue; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01648
    Cg3—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; 7.4 Bromthymol blue; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P01649