IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oshtemo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039023
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67126
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.5428278
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9233306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: 2,240 feet north and 300 feet east of southwest corner of section 26, T. 36. N., R. 5. E.
  • Map Unit: RopB—Riddles-Oshtemo fine sandy loams, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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: Jerry Lanson and Larry Huber.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oshtemo
  • PSC - 38 to 124 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oshtemo
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy outwash over loamy outwash over calcareous sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: recessional moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jerry Larson and Larry Huber
  • Air Photo ID: 244-8
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    38—56

    38—81

    117—157

    117—157

    157—203

    —-

    —18—

    —43—

    —40—

    —40—

    —46—
    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

    30

    6.1

    279.6

    —

    0

    934

    —

    —

    9.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.8 Bromthymol blue; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P0739
    E/Bt—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter.
    E/Bt—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.6 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P0740. subsampled.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263563; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263563
    Bt1/E1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.6 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P0741. subsampled.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263567; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263567
    Bt1/E1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 30 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1263564; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1263564
    Bt2/E2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.8 Bromthymol blue; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P0742. continuous - phpvsfiid 1263565; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263565
    Bt2/E2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments.
    E/Bt—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); 20 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 6.6 Bromthymol blue; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P0743. splotches of 10YR5/3 loamy sand.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263562; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263562
    E/Bt—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); 75 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 5 percent brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments.
    2Bt—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.8 Bromthymol blue; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P0744. tongue goes >80 inches.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1263566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1263566
    3C—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 7.6 Bromthymol blue; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P0745