IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN109030
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN109030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MR7730
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23114
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.5858194
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5836333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2310 feet west and 265 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN109—Morgan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sturm and Kluess
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1977
  • 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: 7/27/1977 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR77301
    A12—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR77302
    B21TG—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR77303
    B22TG—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR77304
    B23TG—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 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 and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR77305
    B3T—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR77306
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MR77307