IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morocco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IN073004
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IN073004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995IN073004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68148
  • 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: 41.1519806
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9842028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 NW1/4; About 4 miles (7km) south of Kankakee River (Dunns Bridge) on the Jasper-Pulaski State Game Preserve. NW1/4
  • Location Description: Walker Township; Jasper-Pulaski State Game Preserve, Jasper County, Indiana.
  • Map Unit: Mu—Morocco loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper
  • 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: IN073—Jasper County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-B8—San Pierre, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AAC, FF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2017
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: dune field
  • Landform: sand sheet
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: AAC, FF
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUAL

    QUPA2

    Quercus alba

    Quercus palustris

    white oak

    pin oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    endosaturation

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    reduced matrix

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    0—20

    20—280

    20—213

    20—59

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    —20—

    —260—

    —193—

    —39—
    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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    214.3

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    974

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    10

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) mucky peat; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00704
    A—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sand, fine sand; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and many (21.0) fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00705
    BA—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and many (21.0) fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00706
    Bg1—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent medium spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00707
    Bg2—31 to 43 centimeters (12.2 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00708
    Bg3—43 to 59 centimeters (16.9 to 23.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00709
    2Bw1—59 to 84 centimeters (23.2 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00710. Horizontal layering is evident in this horizon and in all the lower horizons.
    2Bw2—84 to 120 centimeters (33.1 to 47.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00711
    2Bw3—120 to 141 centimeters (47.2 to 55.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00712
    2Bw4—141 to 171 centimeters (55.5 to 67.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00713
    2Bw5—171 to 213 centimeters (67.3 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 96P00714
    2Bg—213 to 280 centimeters (83.9 to 110.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 96P00715