IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GUMZ
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999IN131004
  • User Pedon ID: S1999IN131004
  • User Site Association ID: 8890
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 99021
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 78.7
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11371
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.0644379
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5170364
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2620 feet east and 1900 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Harrison Twp.
  • Map Unit: MgzA—Maumee-Gumz complex, 0 to 1 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-A5—Winamac, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex A. Brock, Gary L. Hudson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GUMZ
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gumz
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash over loamy till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A.S.32
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    0—30

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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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03424
    A2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy fine sand; moderate thick platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03425
    Bg1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); 65 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 25 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03426. The upper part of this horizon includes a layer 0 to 3 inches thick that is clay loam; balls of sandy loam 1 to 3 inches in diameter are present.
    Bg2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); 95 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) sand; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03427. balls of sandy loam 1 to 3 inches in diameter are present.
    C1—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03428
    C2—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03429
    2Cg1—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03430
    2Cg2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 99P03431