LOCATION AUBBEENAUBBEE IN+MIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Aubbeenaubbee fine sandy loam - on a nearly level convex slope of 1 percent in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 10 inches thick)
E--8 to 15 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; many medium faint brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) mottles; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; medium acid; clear wavy boundary. (4 to 10 inches thick)
BE--15 to 21 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; many medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; thick continuous gray (10YR 6/1) sand coatings on faces of peds; medium acid; clear wavy boundary. (3 to 12 inches thick)
Btg--21 to 27 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; many medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; thin continuous dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay and organic films on faces of peds; few medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese oxide accumulations; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (3 to 10 inches thick.)
2Bt--27 to 32 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam, common medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and grayish brown (10YR 6/2) mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; medium continuous dark gray (10YR 4/1) organic coatings and clay films on faces of peds and as linings in channels; 2 percent fine gravel; common medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) and black (10YR 2/1) iron and manganese oxide accumulations; neutral; clear wavy boundary.
2Btg--32 to 40 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; thick continuous dark gray (10YR 4/1) organic coatings and clay films on faces of peds and as linings in channels; 5 percent fine gravel; neutral; abrupt wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the 2Bt horizons is 10 to 30 inches.)
2C--40 to 60 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) loam; many coarse distinct light gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; firm; 10 percent fine gravel; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: White County, Indiana; 1.5 miles north of the Norway Dam; 1,800 feet north and 1,300 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 9, T. 27 N.; R. 3 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness ranges from 40 to 60 inches. A moderately permeable substratum phase is recognized.
The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3 and has dry colors with hue of 10YR, value of 6 or more. It is fine sandy loam or sandy loam. Gravel content ranges from 0 to 5 percent. It is medium acid to neutral.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 or 3. It is fine sandy loam or sandy loam and is medium acid or slightly acid. Gravel content ranges from 0 to 5 percent.
The BE horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 4 and is mottled. It is sandy loam or fine sandy loam and the clay content ranges from l0 to l6 percent. Gravel content ranges from 0 to 5 percent. It is strongly acid or medium acid.
The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 1 to 4 and is mottled. It is sandy clay loam or sandy loam and the clay content ranges from l5 to 25 percent. Gravel content ranges from 0 to 5 percent. It is medium acid or slightly acid.
The 2Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 2 to 6 and is mottled. It is loam or clay loam and the clay content ranges from 22 to 32 percent. Gravel content ranges from 1 to 10 percent. It is medium acid to neutral.
The 2C horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 to 6 and is mottled. Gravel content ranges from 1 to 10 percent. It is mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Angola, Appleton, Ayrshire, Burdett, Capac, Crosier, Darien, Digby, Haskins, Jimtown, Luther, Mittwanga, Ovid, Pinicon, Shadeland, Shebeon, Sleeth, and Whitaker series in the same family. Angola, Mittwanga, and Shadeland soils have bedrock at depths of less than 40 inches. Appleton soils have thinner sola and argillic horizons. Ayrshire soils do not have a 2B horizon formed in till. Burdett and Darien soils formed in clay loam or silty clay loam glacial till that contains a large amount of shale. Capac and Crosier soils have finer texture and contain less sand in the upper part of the B horizon and have thinner sola. Digby and Jimtown soils contain more gravel in the lower part of the sola. Haskins soils have more clay in the 2BC and 2C horizons. Luther and Pinicon soils have less sand in the upper part of the sola. Ovid soils are silt loam or silty clay loam in the upper part of the solum and have carbonates within a depth of 40 inches. Shebeon soils have thinner sola. Sleeth soils contain less sand in the upper part of the solum and contain more sand and gravel in the lower part of the solum. Whitaker soils contain less sand in the upper part of the solum and the lower part of the solum is stratified silty and sandy glaciofluvium.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Aubbeenaubbee soils are on moraines and till plains. Slopes range from 0 to 6 percent. They formed in 20 to 40 inches of glaciofluvium and in the underlying glacial till. The mean annual temperature ranges from 50 to 57 degrees F, and the mean annual precipitation ranges from 30 to 40 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Metea, Owosso, Riddles, Wauseon, and Wawasee soils. The well drained Metea, Owosso, Riddles, and Wawasee soils have mottle free subsoils and are on ridges and side slopes. The poorly drained and very poorly drained Wauseon soils have a dark colored surface and are in depressions.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained. Surface runoff is slow. Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the upper part of the solum and moderate or moderately slow in the lower part of the solum and in the underlying material.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the Aubbeenaubbee soils are cultivated. Corn and soybeans are the principal crops. The native vegetation was forest.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Indiana and southern Michigan. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Fulton County, Indiana, 1937.
REMARKS: This draft has provided for both moderate and moderately slow permeability phases. Diagnostic features and horizons recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - 0-8 inches (Ap); argillic horizon - 21-40 inches (Btg, 2Bt, 2Btg); aqualf - aquic moisture regime (2 chroma below Ap, 1 chroma clay films in argillic).