IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN141006
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN141006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SA6906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22403
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 41.4933139
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3310917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet west and 350 feet north of the southeast corner SE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger and Benton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1969 (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 -
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69061
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69062
    B21T—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69063
    B22T—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69064
    B23T—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69065
    B3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69066
    C—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # SA69067