IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shoals
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN139011
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN139011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RU7911
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23046
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.7053861
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3360889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1760 feet north and 50 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN139—Rush

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79111
    B1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79112
    B2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79113
    B3—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU79114
    C1—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79115
    C2—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79116
    C3—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly sandy loam; very friable; 11 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # RU79117