IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riddles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN169003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN169003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23032
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.9913639
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8405000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet east and 560 feet south of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1978 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB78031
    B21T—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78032
    B22T—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78033
    B3—79 to 140 centimeters (31.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78034
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # WB78035