IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maumee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IN039006
  • User Pedon ID: S1990IN039006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63067
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 41.7377777
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9283371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 170 feet S and 180 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Osolo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana 170 feet south and 180 feet west of the NE corner of Section 22, T. 38 N., R. 5 E., Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 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-F8—Elkhart, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Brock, Franklin Furr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maumee
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2017
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maumee
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Rex Brock and Franklin Furr
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    —

    0—53

    0—203

    76—203

    76—97

    97—127

    —-

    —53—

    —203—

    —127—

    —21—

    —30—
    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

    0

    305

    152.4

    200.7

    —

    180

    963

    —

    —

    9.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00119; moist when described;
    A—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00120; moist when described;
    E—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00121; moist when described;
    Bg—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse sandy loam; 45 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium faint mottles; massive; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00122; moist when described;
    Cg1—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse sand; 12 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00123; moist when described;
    Cg2—127 to 168 centimeters (50.0 to 66.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) coarse sand; massive; very friable; rapid permeability; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00124; moist when described;
    Cg3—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; very rapid permeability; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 91P00125; moist when described;