IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oakville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IN073008
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IN073008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0071
  • User Project ID: 2021GRR016
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 98 - Oakville fine sand, prairie peninsula, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • 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: 41.1516685
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9808350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of SW1/4
  • Location Description: Walker Township
  • Map Unit: OaC—Oakville fine sand, prairie peninsula, 6 to 12 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: Shane McBurnett Bill Hosteter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2024
  • 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
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • 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 Jan 26 2024 Matt Bromley

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    0—12

    —12—
    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

    4

    —

    —

    221.5

    —

    270

    962

    —

    173

    10.1

    22.3

    -3.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    127298

    Rensselaer

    NWS COOP
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; very friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00748
    A—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); 99 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00749
    BA—12 to 22 centimeters (4.7 to 8.7 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 8.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00750
    Bw1—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed and 45 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) rubbed fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00751
    Bw2—40 to 58 centimeters (15.7 to 22.8 inches); 99 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) rubbed sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00752
    Bw3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); 99 percent /), rubbed sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00753
    BC—76 to 143 centimeters (29.9 to 56.3 inches); 99 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) rubbed fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00754
    C1—143 to 180 centimeters (56.3 to 70.9 inches); 99 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) rubbed fine sand; single grain; loose; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00755
    C2—180 to 280 centimeters (70.9 to 110.2 inches); 99 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 96P00756