IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Prochaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004IN149-001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004IN149001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0848
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16935
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024
  • 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: 41.2526932
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7558060
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 N.
  • Range: 3 W.
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 155 feet east and 2300 feet south from NW corner
  • Location Description: Starke County, IN; about 2.5 miles north and 1 mile east of North Judson
  • Map Unit: Px—Prochaska loamy sand, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN149—Starke County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-C7—English Lake, Indiana
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Brock, D. Gehring
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Prochaska
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Prochaska
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 29
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 24
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—43

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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

    0.5

    207

    0

    889

    150

    9.5

    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04856; observed in pit, small
    A—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); variegated 65 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) rubbed and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed and dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed, dry; stratified stratified sand to loamy sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04857; observed in pit, small
    Bg—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); variegated 65 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) interior stratified stratified sand to loamy sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04858; observed in pit, small
    Ab—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior stratified stratified fine sandy loam to loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 5 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N04859; observed in pit, small
    Cgb1—81 to 132 centimeters (31.9 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sand; structureless single grain; loose; 8 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent coarse faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04860; observed in pit, small
    Cgb2—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior stratified stratified coarse sand to sand; structureless single grain; loose; 20 percent coarse faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04861; observed in pit, small
    Cgb3—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sand; structureless single grain; loose; 20 percent coarse faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 04N04862; observed in pit, small