IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Washtenaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004IN113-001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004IN113001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0847
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16934
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.3456116
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4560242
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33 N.
  • Range: 9 E.
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1780 feet east and 2350 feet south from NW corner
  • Location Description: Noble County, IN; about 2.5 miles northeast of Wolflake
  • Map Unit: Ws—Washtenaw silt loam
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN113—Noble
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN113—Noble County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-C4—Merriam, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Gehring, R. Brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Washtenaw
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washtenaw
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium over loamy till
  • Landform: end moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 16
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—229

    97—125

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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

    1

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    273.4

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    135

    889

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    165

    10.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04847; observed in pit, small
    C1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04848; observed in pit, small
    C2—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04849; observed in pit, small
    2Ab1—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 18 percent coarse distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04850; observed in pit, small
    2Ab2—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04851; observed in pit, small
    2Bgb1—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04852; observed in pit, small
    2Bgb2—107 to 125 centimeters (42.1 to 49.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04853; observed in pit, small
    2BCgb—125 to 191 centimeters (49.2 to 75.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 22 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04854; observed in pit, small
    2Cb—191 to 229 centimeters (75.2 to 90.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 30 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 04N04855; observed in pit, small