IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sebewa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039033
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68650
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024
  • 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: 41.4489361
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7102667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 560 feet east and 600 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Benton Township
  • Map Unit: ScuA—Sebewa loam, drained, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-D6—Lake Wawasee, Indiana
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sebewa
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sebewa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/1994
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/6/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    69 - 203

    - 134 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    free carbonates

    0—28

    28—69

    28—203

    28—89

    69—

    89—203

    —28—

    —41—

    —175—

    —61—

    —-

    —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

    1

    260.2

    934

    9.7

    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01270
    Btg1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01271. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1263513; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263512; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1263513; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263512
    Btg2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01272. continuous - phpvsfiid 1263514; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263514
    2BCg—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01273. Common medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions throughout.
    2C1—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly coarse sand, coarse sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01274. patchy - phpvsfiid 1263515; patchy - phpvsfiid 1263515
    2C2—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01275. This horizon contains 15 percent organic rich shales, N 2/0.
    2C3—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01276. patchy - phpvsfiid 1263516; patchy - phpvsfiid 1263516
    2C4—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 97P01277