IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN065002
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HY6902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22286
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.8761778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3232639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1066 feet north and 1170 feet west of the southeast corner southwest 1/4 of the
  • Map Unit: CrA—Crosby silt loam, New Castle Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN065—Henry
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN065—Henry 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 - 7/10/1969
  • 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: 7/10/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    0—30

    30—165

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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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HY69021
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HY69022
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; on surfaces along pores and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HY69023
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; on surfaces along pores and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HY69024
    Bt3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; on surfaces along pores and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # HY69025
    BC—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # HY69026
    C1—107 to 165 centimeters (42.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HY69027
    C2—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # HY69028