IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN017005
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN017005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CS7605
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22812
  • 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: 40.8041444
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2440556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 255 feet south and 330 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN017—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Douglas and Strenger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1976 (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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76051
    B21T—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76052
    B22T—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76053
    B23T—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76054
    B24T—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76055
    B3T—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CS76056
    C—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # CS76057