IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Selfridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039034
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039034
  • User Site Association ID: 8799
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 93-1
  • Transect Interval - 98.4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0189
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68267
  • 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: 41.5219460
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9463882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 735 feet W and 60 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Near the town of Southwest.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-E8—Foraker, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB, SLM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aquic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Selfridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aquic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 58 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 243-9
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    58—108

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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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    268

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); 99 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01479
    E1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior loamy sand; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01480
    E2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loamy sand; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct spherical and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01481
    E3/2Btg1—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01482
    E3/2Btg1—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); 80 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior fine sand; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01482
    2Btg2—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); 75 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior clay loam, silty clay loam; 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01483. continuous - phpvsfiid 183052; continuous - phpvsfiid 183052
    2Bt1—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam, sandy loam; 21 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01484. continuous - phpvsfiid 183053; continuous - phpvsfiid 183053
    2Bt2—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 21 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent spherical mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01485. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183054; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183054
    2C1—119 to 175 centimeters (46.9 to 68.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent spherical mottles; massive; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01486
    2C2—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent spherical mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01487