IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN059004
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN059004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HN7104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22284
  • 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: 39.8196500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9187611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet west and 18 feet north of the southeast corner northeast 1/4
  • Map Unit: Br—Brookston silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN059—Hancock
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN059—Hancock County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Huffman and Ruesch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71041
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71042
    Btg—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71043
    Btg—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Btg—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bg—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent coarse distinct iron-manganese masses and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary.
    C—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence.