IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN169016
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN169016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7716
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23116
  • 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: 40.8985528
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8061667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 145 feet north and 1625 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Langer and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1977
  • 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: 8/4/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB77161
    A12—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77162
    B21T—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77163
    B22T—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77164
    B23T—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WB77165
    B3—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77166
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # WB77167