IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskego
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039012
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039012
  • User Site Association ID: 8785
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 4-142
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0254
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67272
  • 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: 41.6019440
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9847260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2507 feet south and 275 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-E8—Foraker, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB, SLM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coprogenous, euic, mesic Limnic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskego
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskego
  • Taxonomic Class - Coprogenous, euic, mesic Limnic Medisaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 242-6
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Op—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed and black (N 2/0) oxidized muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; 6.19999981 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01636
    Oa1—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face and black (N 2/0) oxidized muck; moderate thin platy structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; fragments; 6.4000001 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01637
    Oa2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face and black (N 2/0) oxidized muck; weak thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01638
    C1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior coprogenous earth; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01639
    C2—89 to 137 centimeters (35.0 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior coprogenous earth; massive; very friable; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01640
    C3—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and dark gray (5Y 4/1) oxidized coprogenous earth; massive; very friable; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01641
    C4—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior coprogenous earth; massive; very friable; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01642