IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mitiwanga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998IN045007
  • User Pedon ID: S1998IN045007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10868
  • 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: 40.1697769
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3902740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet east and 450 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Shadeland silt loam. about 1 1/2 mile north of Covington; USGS Covington topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN045—Fountain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN045—Fountain County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-B4—Covington, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mitiwanga
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shadeland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1998
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    179

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    1016

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    10

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P00040
    A—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00040. 1 percent coarse fragments.
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00041. 1 percent coarse fragments.
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00042. 1 percent coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 201339; continuous - phpvsfiid 201339
    2Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00043. 2 percent coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 202923; continuous - phpvsfiid 202923
    3Cr—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very channery sandy clay loam; platy structure; very firm, strongly cemented; 30 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 21 percent medium spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses around rock fragments; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00044. 40 percent coarse fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 201362; patchy - phpvsfiid 201362
    3R—84 centimeters (33.1 inches); fragments. Strongly cemented sandstone bedrock.