IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oshtemo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978IN049008
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IN049008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FU7808
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23428
  • 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: 41.1198361
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2133639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 280 feet south and 10 feet east of the center
  • Location Description: Richland Township
  • Map Unit: KoB—Kosciusko-Ormas complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN049—Fulton
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN049—Fulton County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-A2—Rochester, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Inceptic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oshtemo
  • PSC - 48 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oshtemo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin sandy and loamy outwash over Wisconsin sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Furr and Schumacher
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    48—76

    —48—

    —28—
    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

    3

    —

    —

    242.5

    —

    113

    980

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    —

    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FU78081
    E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU78082
    BE—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU78083
    Bt1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU78084
    Bt2—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU78085
    BC1—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU78086
    BC2—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU78087
    2C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # FU78088