IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morocco

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1990IN039002

User Pedon ID: S1990IN039002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 91P0024

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63071

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: 41.7536125

Std. Longitude: -85.8775024

Datum: WGS84

Township: 38N

Range: 6E

Section: 7

PLSS Details: 1700 feet W and 100 feet N of the SE corner at

Location Description: Washington Township

Map Unit: MvkA—Morocco loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Indiana

County: IN039—Elkhart

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: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-G8—Adamsville, Michigan

PEDON

Describers Name: Thomas Zieglar and Franklin Furr

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 SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Morocco

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/27/2017

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 Udipsamment

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Current Crop - corn

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Wisconsinan sandy glaciofluvial deposits

Landscape: outwash plain

Landform: outwash terrace on outwash plain

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Pattern: deranged

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Thomas Zieglar and Franklin Furr

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

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

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	— 0—23 23—152 23—64 23—152	—- —23— —129— —23— —129—

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	—	—	237	—	315	960	—	—	9.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (5.5) very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00152

Bw1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00153

Bw2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00154. patchy - phpvsfiid 1387572; patchy - phpvsfiid 1387572

Bw3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 37 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 11 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00155. patchy - phpvsfiid 1387573; patchy - phpvsfiid 1387573

Bw4—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 37 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 11 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 11 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00156. patchy - phpvsfiid 1387574; patchy - phpvsfiid 1387574

BC1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 37 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 1 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00157. patchy - phpvsfiid 1387575; patchy - phpvsfiid 1387575

BC2—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 37 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 1 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00158. patchy - phpvsfiid 1387576; patchy - phpvsfiid 1387576

C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 11 percent medium faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 91P00159