IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ceresco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IN039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IN039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68268
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.5727768
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8405533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 273 feet S of C/L, S.R. 119 and 60 feet W of utility right of way (east edge of wooded area). 2367 feet N and 2143 feet E of SW 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-E7—Goshen, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB, SLM
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ceresco
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid Fluvaquentic Eutrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/1995
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/20/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 246-7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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—20

    20—103

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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

    1

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    238

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01488
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01489. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183055; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183055
    Bw2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct spherical and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular and 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01490
    Bw3—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint spherical and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular and 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01491
    2Bw4—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 21 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct spherical and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) masses of dark accumulation throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01492
    3C—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct spherical mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01493
    4Ab—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky* sandy loam; 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct spherical mottles; massive; very friable; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01494
    4Cb—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; 21 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct spherical mottles; single grain; loose; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01495
    4Cgb—152 to 205 centimeters (59.8 to 80.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01496