IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Southwest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039024
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039024
  • User Site Association ID: 8784
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 4-141
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Transect Interval - 20.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0257
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67275
  • 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: 41.5911102
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9647217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 129 feet west and 1167 feet south 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: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Southwest
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washtenaw
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Endoaquept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1994
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 242-7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    cambic horizon

    25—102

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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

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; 6.4000001 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01656
    Bw1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.4000001 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01657
    Bw2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silt loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.4000001 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01658
    2Ab—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; 6.80000019 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01659
    2Bgb—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent spherical and 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01660
    3Ab1—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; 7.19999981 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01661
    3Ab2—140 to 191 centimeters (55.1 to 75.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; 7.19999981 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01662
    3Cgb—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; 7.19999981 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01663