IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WILLIAMSTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039001
  • User Site Association ID: 8798
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 92-73
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0408
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65751
  • 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: 41.4602776
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9180527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1475 feet south and 2030 feet east northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Brock and Franklin Furr, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WILLIAMSTOWN
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamstown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 24411
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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—18

    30—142

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    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

    4

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    —

    265

    —

    864

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03024
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03025. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193132; continuous - phpvsfiid 193133; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193134; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193132; continuous - phpvsfiid 193133; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193134
    Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03026. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193137; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193137
    Bt3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03027. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193138
    Bt4—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03028. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178761; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178761
    BCt1—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03029. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178762; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178762
    BCt2—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03030. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178763
    CBt—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03031. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178764; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178764
    C—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P03032