IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrolia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN167022
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN167022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VI7022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22386
  • 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: 39.3127250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5861583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet east and 400 feet south of the center of the northwest 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 #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1971
  • 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: 2/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - culturally induced barren
  • 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 gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VI70221
    B21G—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70222
    B22G—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions 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 # VI70223
    B23G—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70224
    B3G—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70225
    CG—163 to 196 centimeters (64.2 to 77.2 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # VI70226