IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN011002
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BO6902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22283
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: 30 feet north of the south fence and 250 feet west of the center of the road
  • Location Description: Complete location not avaliable.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN011—Boone
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN011—Boone County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Franzmeier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin loess over Wisconsin till
  • Landform: swale on till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—51

    51—119

    51—84

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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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    A1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO69021
    A2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; strong medium angular blocky parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO69022
    Btg—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; strong medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 33 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO69023
    BCg—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO69024
    Cg—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO69025
    C2—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6.