IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973IN081005
  • User Pedon ID: 1973IN081005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JO7305
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22404
  • 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: 39.4481972
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9609611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 2510 feet east and 930 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN081—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sturm
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JO73051
    A12—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JO73052
    A13—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JO73053
    A14—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JO73054
    C1—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; massive; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JO73055
    C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; massive; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # JO73056