IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrolia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN101020
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN101020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT8020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23689
  • 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: 38.7539583
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7835528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet south and 2000 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tuszynski and Mcelrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia (inclusion)
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/10/1981 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80201
    B1g—18 to 66 centimeters (7.1 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 21 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80202
    B2g—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80203
    C—107 to 165 centimeters (42.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; firm; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # MT80204