IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldean
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN009007
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN009007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BL7907
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22936
  • 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: 40.3884389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4359056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 925 feet north and 140 feet west of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN009—Blackford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kluess and Hartman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldean
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldean
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1979 (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); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # BL79071
    B1T—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL79072
    B2T—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL79073
    B3T—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 60 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # BL79074
    C1—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, sand coats on rock fragments; 75 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL79075
    C2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 75 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # BL79076