IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IN045002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IN045002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IN045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5240
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42487
  • 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: 40.0025330
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1936111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 4 miles east of Yeddo, 3-1/4 miles north of Parke County, 200 feet west, 150 feet north of quarter corner.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN045—Fountain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN045—Fountain County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert B. Grossman and A. R. Grunewald
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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    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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39382
    A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39383
    2B1t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39384
    2B21t—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; 1 percent noncoherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39385
    2B22t—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39386
    LENS—66 to 74 centimeters (26.0 to 29.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A39390
    2B3t—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39387
    2C1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam, silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint mottles; massive; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39388
    2C2—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam, clay loam; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39389
    3C3—137 centimeters (53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam, clay loam; firm; fragments. Not sampled.