IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MARTISCO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039014
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039014
  • User Site Association ID: 8786
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 4-146
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0256
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67274
  • 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: 41.6813889
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8730545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 90 feet south and 600 feet west of the northeast 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-F7—Bristol, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SLM, RAB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, carbonatic, nonacid, mesic Histic Humaquepts
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MARTISCO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martisco
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, carbonati
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: marsh
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 245-4
  • 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

    histic epipedon

    0—23

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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

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    Op—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (N 2/0) rubbed muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01650
    2C1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) marl; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron in cracks; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01651
    2C2—33 to 79 centimeters (13.0 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior marl; 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct cylindrical mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01652. 95P1653.
    2C3—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior marl; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 95P01654
    3C4—122 to 203 centimeters (48.0 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior sand, coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01655