IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MOON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998IN131012
  • User Pedon ID: S1998IN131012
  • User Site Association ID: 8886
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 98096
  • Transect Stop Number - 30
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0355
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11214
  • 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: 41.0942726
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4781189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: (250 feet south and 912 feet east of intersection of CR 275N and CR 625E). 1912 feet east and 1595 feet south of NW corner
  • Location Description: Tippecanoe Twp.
  • Map Unit: MlwB—Metea-Moon loamy sands, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN131—Pulaski
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN131—Pulaski County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-A4—Kewanna, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex A. Brock, G. Franklin Furr, Gary L. Hudson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Arenic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MOON
  • PSC - 58 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Oxyaquic Hapl
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash over loamy till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A.S. 24
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—23

    58—145

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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

    3

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    223

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01916
    E1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01917
    E2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 3 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01918
    2Bt1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01919. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200759; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200759
    2Bt2—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses and 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01920. continuous - phpvsfiid 200760; continuous - phpvsfiid 200760
    2Bt3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01921. continuous - phpvsfiid 200761; continuous - phpvsfiid 200761
    2BC—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01922. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200762; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200762
    2C—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01923