IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN031017
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN031017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7617
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22817
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.4227944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5665972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet east and 420 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Edited to: coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic cumulic hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross variant
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1976
  • 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: 6/10/1976 (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 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC76171
    A12—33 to 99 centimeters (13.0 to 39.0 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC76172
    C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # DC76173