IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahalasville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157019
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8419
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23784
  • 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: 40.4029111
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7836306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet east and 50 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1983 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84191
    A—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84192
    BTG1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84193
    BTG2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84194
    BTG3—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84195
    BTG4—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84196
    CG—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # TI84197