IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN169017
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN169017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7617
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22673
  • 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: 40.7244639
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8459250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 260 feet north and 360 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swale on till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1976 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76171
    A12—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76172
    B21TG—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76173
    B22TG—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76174
    B23TG—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76175
    B3—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76176
    C—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # WB76177