IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IN045003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IN045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42488
  • 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: 40.0097542
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1844482
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 4-1/2 miles east of Yaddo, 4 miles north of Parke County line, 330 feet south of fence row on south side of gravel road and 15 feet west of utility pole o road.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN045—Fountain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN045—Fountain County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert B. Grossman and Carl Guernsey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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) silt loam; massive parts to weak medium granular; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39391
    B1t—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39392
    B2t—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39393
    2B3t—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39394
    2C11—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay films; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39395
    2C12—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (5Y 5/1) loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) coats; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39396