IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrolia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN167006
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN167006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VI6906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22385
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.5273361
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4111722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 240 feet east and 60 feet south northwest cornernortheast 1/4 southeast 1/4 of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN167—Vigo

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Montgomery and Rivera
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69061
    B1G—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69062
    B21G—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69063
    B21G—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69064
    B22G—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69065
    B3—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69066
    C—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # VI69067