IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahalasville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN033003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DK7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23031
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 41.2788167
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1612083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 3380 feet east and 120 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN033—De Kalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/21/1977 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DK78031
    B21TG—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78032
    B22TG—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78033
    B23TG—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78034
    B3TG—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78035
    C1G—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78036
    C2G—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # DK78037