IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oakville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IN073007
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IN073007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995IN073007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0070
  • User Project ID: 2021GRR016
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 98 - Oakville fine sand, prairie peninsula, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.1530571
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9824982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: About 4 miles (7 km) south of Kankakee River (Dunns Bridge) in the Jasper-Pulaski State Game Preserve. NW1/4
  • Location Description: Walker Township. Oakville ash bottom of dune.
  • Map Unit: OaB—Oakville fine sand, prairie peninsula, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper
  • 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: IN073—Jasper County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-B8—San Pierre, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Ross and Matt Duncan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2024
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F098XB030IN Kankakee Sand Dunes Feb 1 2024
  • Ecological State: 1 - Reference State

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUVE

    Quercus velutina

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—9

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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

    2

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    218

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    962

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    173

    10.1

    22.3

    -3.2

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    127298

    Rensselaer

    NWS COOP
    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 96P00740
    A—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00741
    BA—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00742
    Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00743
    Bw2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00744
    Bw3—71 to 108 centimeters (28.0 to 42.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P00745. Boundary of Bw3 ranges from 29-52 inches from mineral soil surface.
    C1—108 to 150 centimeters (42.5 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 96P00746
    C2—150 to 250 centimeters (59.1 to 98.4 inches); fine sand; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 96P00747