IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morocco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IN111017
  • User Pedon ID: S1983IN111017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983IN111017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0777
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53564
  • User Project ID: 2017GRR001
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 98 - Morocco loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.1397438
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3747330
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 780 feet west and 1800 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana.
  • Map Unit: MuA—Morocco loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN111—Newton
  • 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: IN111—Newton County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-B4—Schneider, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Thomas, David Tusyznski & Larry Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2017
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - soybeans
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: sand sheet on dune field
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jerry Thomas, David Tuszinski, and Larry Osterholz
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GLMA4

    Glycine max

    soybean

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    endosaturation

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    reduced matrix

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    0—23

    50—150

    50—150

    55—58

    135—150

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    —23—

    —100—

    —100—

    —3—

    —15—
    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

    1

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    198.7

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    988

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    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), 7.5YR 6/7 (7.5YR 6/7), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03846
    Bw1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03847
    Bw2—33 to 40 centimeters (13.0 to 15.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03848
    Bw3—40 to 50 centimeters (15.7 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03849
    Bw4—50 to 55 centimeters (19.7 to 21.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03850
    Bw5—55 to 58 centimeters (21.7 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; 21 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03851
    BC—58 to 85 centimeters (22.8 to 33.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03852
    Cg—85 to 95 centimeters (33.5 to 37.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03853
    C1—95 to 120 centimeters (37.4 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 21 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03854
    C2—120 to 135 centimeters (47.2 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03855
    C'g—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 83P03856