IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gravelton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IN039003
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IN039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0195
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68273
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • 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: 41.5791664
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8408356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet S and 2000 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 50 feet NW of 35 feet diameter cotton wood, shanklan park.
  • 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 Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gravelton
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/1995
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—41

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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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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01536
    Bg—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct spherical and dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium faint spherical mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very coarse moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01537
    2C1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse distinct spherical and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint spherical mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01538. Slightly alkaline
    3C2—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); 75 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct spherical mottles; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01539. Slightly alkaline
    4C3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); 75 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct spherical mottles; single grain; loose; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01540. Slightly alkaline
    5CG—122 to 203 centimeters (48.0 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P01541. Slightly alkaline