IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Owosso
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972IN099001
  • User Pedon ID: 1972IN099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MS7201
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22380
  • 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: 41.3042500
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3197778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2800 feet west and 400 feet north of the southeast corner SE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN099—Marshall
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Owosso
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Owosso
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1972 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS72011
    B11—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS72012
    B12—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, sand coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS72013
    B21T—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS72014
    B22T—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 7 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS72015
    B3—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS72016
    C—124 to 175 centimeters (48.8 to 68.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MS72017