IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldean
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN179003
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN179003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8503
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23836
  • 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: 40.7743222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3121722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet east and 1190 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldean
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldean variant
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 10/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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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    AP1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85031
    AP2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85032
    BT1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85033
    BT2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 11 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85034
    BT3—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 18 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85035
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; loose; 25 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # WE85036
    C2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; loose; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # WE85037