IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972IN085001
  • User Pedon ID: 1972IN085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7201
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22399
  • 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: 41.3946500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8136667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4 of
  • Location Description: Van Buren Township; 800 ft N and 750 ft. E of the southwest corner of the SE 1/4 of
  • Map Unit: RlA—Riddles fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN085—Kosciusko County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-D7—Milford, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley and Brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F098XA015MI Dry Loamy Drift Plains Apr 3 2024 Sydney Lance

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Soil Survey Staff
  • 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
    • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO72011
    B1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO72012
    B21T—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO72013
    B22T—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO72014
    B23T—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO72015
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # KO72016