Major Land Resource Area 111X
Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
Accessed: 12/21/2024
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Alluvium PM
- Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Alluvium PM
- Soils are moderately well or well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Glacial till PM
- Site is located in a depression landscape position
- Soil surface color (SC) is lighter than 3/2 and/or an alfisol; no ponding
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Glacial till PM
- Site is located in a depression landscape position
- Soil SC is 3/2 or darker and/or a mollisol; occasional to frequent ponding
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Glacial till PM
- Site is located in a swell (concave) landscape position
- Soil surface is lighter than 3/2
- are poorly or somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Glacial till PM
- Site is located in a swell (concave) landscape position
- Soil surface is lighter than 3/2
- are moderately well or well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Lacustrine PM
- Soils are poorly or somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Lacustrine PM
- Soils are somewhat poorly to well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Loess PM
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Outwash PM
- Soils surface color is lighter than 3/2
- Soils are well to excessively drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Residuum PM
- Depth to restrictive layer is less than 20 inches
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Residuum PM
- Depth to restrictive layer is between 20 and 40 inches
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Residuum PM
- Depth to restrictive layer is greater than 40 inches
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Sand PM
- Site is located on an interdunal landscape position
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (water deposits)
- Deposited in non-flowing water, lacustrine parent material
- Soils are very poorly or poorly drained [Lacustrine Flatwood]… F111XB101IN
- Mineral PM
- Lacustrine Parent Material
- Soils are very poorly or poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (water deposits)
- Deposited in non-flowing water, lacustrine parent material
- Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained [Lacustrine Forest]… F111XB102IN
- Mineral PM
- Lacustrine Parent Material
- Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
- Soil Surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are in the aquic taxonomic suborder [Wet Alluvium Floodplain]… F111XB201IN
- Mineral PM
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil Surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are in the aquic taxonomic suborder
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
- Soil Surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are not in the aquic taxonomic suborder [Dry Alluvium Floodplain]… F111XB202IN
- Mineral PM
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil Surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are not in the aquic taxonomic suborder
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Wet Alluvium Forest]… F111XB203IN
- Mineral PM
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are moderately well or well drained [Dry Alluvium Forest]… F111XB204IN
- Mineral PM
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- are moderately well or well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Residuum of weathering bedrock
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are poorly or somewhat poorly drained [Mesic Bedrock Forest]… F111XB302IN
- Mineral PM
- Bedrock Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are poorly or somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Residuum of weathering bedrock
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are moderately well drained or drier [Dry Bedrock Forest]… F111XB303IN
- Mineral PM
- Bedrock Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are moderately well drained or drier
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (water deposits)
- Deposited in flowing water, outwash parent material
- Soil surface light in color lighter than 3/2 Munsell
- Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Outwash Upland]… F111XB403IN
- Mineral PM
- Outwash Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color lighter than 3/2 Munsell
- Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (water deposits)
- Deposited in flowing water, outwash parent material
- Soil surface light in color lighter than 3/2 Munsell
- Soils are moderately well drained or drier [Dry Outwash Upland]… F111XB404IN
- Mineral PM
- Outwash Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color lighter than 3/2 Munsell
- Soils are moderately well drained or drier
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
- Site is on a concave landscape position and/or very poorly or poorly drained [Till Depression]… F111XB501IN
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till Parent Material
- Site is on a concave landscape position and/or very poorly or poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
- Site is on a convex landscape position
- Soils are somewhat poorly drained [Wet Till Ridge]… F111XB502IN
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till Parent Material
- Site is on a convex landscape position
- Soils are somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Alluvium PM
- Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Alluvium PM
- Soils are moderately well to excessively drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a concave landscape position
- Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2 and/or an alfisol
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a concave landscape position
- Soil surface color is 3/2 Munsell or darker
- Soil surface color is 10 inches or deeper
- Soils are very poorly or poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a convex landscape position
- Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2
- Soil is poorly or somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a convex landscape position
- Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2
- Soil is moderately well or well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Lacustrine PM
- Soils are very poorly or poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Lacustrine PM
- Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained Lacustrine Forest
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Loess PM
- Soils are very poorly or poorly drained and/or are a mollisol
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Loess PM
- Soils are somewhat poorly to well drained and/or are an alfisol
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Outwash PM
- Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2
- Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Outwash PM
- Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2
- Soils are well to excessively drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Residuum PM
- Depth to restrictive layer is less than 20 inches
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Residuum PM
- Depth to restrictive layer is between 20 and 40 inches
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Residuum PM
- Depth to restrictive layer is greater than 40 inches
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Sand PM
- Site is located on an interdunal landscape position
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Lacustrine Parent Material
- Soils are very poorly or poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Lacustrine Parent Material
- Soils are somewhat poorly drained or drier
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are very poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are moderately well to well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are poorly to somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Alluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are moderately well to well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Residuum Parent Material
- Soils are somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Residuum Parent Material
- Soils are moderately well to well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Outwash-Colluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are very poorly, poorly or somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Outwash-Colluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
- Soils are moderately well drained or drier
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Glacial Till Parent Material
- Site is on a concave landscape position (toeslope and/or footslope) AND frequently ponded
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Glacial Till Parent Material
- site is on a convex landscape position (summit, shoulder, backslope)
- Soils are somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
- Site is on a convex landscape position
- Soils are moderately well or well drained [Till Ridge]… F111XE503IN
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till Parent Material
- Site is on a convex landscape position
- Soils are moderately well or well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Glacial Till Parent Material
- site is on a convex landscape position (summit, shoulder, backslope)
- Soils are moderately well to well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Organic PM
- Underlying material is mineral
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Key Characteristics
- Organic PM
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is limnic
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Key Characteristics
- Organic PM
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is not limnic
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Glacial till PM
- Site is located in a swell (concave) landscape position
- Soil surface color is 3/2 or darker and/or a mollisol
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Outwash PM
- Soils surface color is darker than 3/2
- Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Outwash PM
- Soils surface color is darker than 3/2
- Soils are moderately well to excessively drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic PM
- Sand PM
- Site is located on a dune landscape position
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Key Characteristics
- Organic parent material
- Underlying material is mineral [Mineral Muck]… R111XB001IN
- Organic PM
- Underlying material is mineral
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Key Characteristics
- Organic parent material
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is limnic [Limnic Muck]… R111XB002IN
- Organic PM
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is limnic
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Key Characteristics
- Organic parent material
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is not limnic and/or greater than 75 cm (30 inches) from the surface [Deep Muck]… R111XB003IN
- Organic PM
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is not limnic and/or greater than 30 inches from the surface
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Residuum of weathering bedrock
- Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker [Dark Bedrock Prairie]… R111XB301IN
- Mineral PM
- Bedrock Parent Material
- Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (water deposits)
- Deposited in flowing water, outwash parent material
- Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker
- Soils are in the aquic suborder and/or very poorly or poorly drained [Wet Outwash Mollisol]… R111XB401IN
- Mineral PM
- Outwash Parent Material
- Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker
- Soils are in the aquic suborder and/or very poorly or poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-organic parent material
- Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
- Unconsolidated deposits
- Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (water deposits)
- Deposited in flowing water, outwash parent material
- Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker
- Soils are not in the aquic suborder and/or they are SWPD or drier [Dry Outwash Integrade]… R111XB402IN
- Mineral PM
- Outwash Parent Material
- Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker
- Soils are not in the aquic suborder and/or they are SWPD or drier
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Key Characteristics
- Organic PM
- organic material depth less than 51 inches
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Key Characteristics
- Organic PM
- organic material depth 51 inches or greater
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a concave landscape position
- Soil surface color is 3/2 Munsell or darker
- Soil Surface color is less than 10 inches deep
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a concave landscape position
- Soil surface color is 3/2 Munsell or darker
- Soil surface color is 10 inches or deeper
- Soils are well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a convex landscape position
- Soil surface color is 3/2 or darker
- Soil surface color is less than 10 inches deep
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Glacial Till
- Site is located in a convex landscape position
- Soil surface color is 3/2 or darker
- Soil surface color is 10 inches or deeper
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Outwash PM
- Soil surface color is darker than 3/2
- Surface color is less than 10 inches deep
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Outwash PM
- Soil surface color is darker than 3/2
- Surface color is 10 inches or deeper
- Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Outwash PM
- Soil surface color is darker than 3/2
- Surface color is 10 inches or deeper
- Soils are moderately well to excessively well drained
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Sand PM
- Site is located on a dune landscape position
- Soil surface color is 3/2 or darker to a depth of 10 inches or greater
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Key Characteristics
- Mineral PM
- Sand PM
- Site is located on a dune landscape position
- Soil surface is lighter than that 3/2 munsell
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Key Characteristics
- Organic Parent Material
- Underlying material is mineral
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Key Characteristics
- Organic Parent Material
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is limnic (coprogenous earth)
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Key Characteristics
- Organic Parent Material
- Underlying material is organic
- Underlying material is not limnic
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Outwash-Colluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are very poorly or poorly drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
- Outwash-Colluvium Parent Material
- Soil surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
- Soils are somewhat poorly drained or drier
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111A_ES_KEY
1a.
Organic parent material
2a.
Underlying material is mineral [Mineral Muck Prairie]
2b.
Underlying material is organic
3a.
Underlying material is limnic [Mucky Prairie]
3b.
Underlying material is not limnic [Deep Muck Wetland]
1b.
Non-organic parent material
4a.
Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
5a.
Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Floodplain Forest]
5b.
Soils are moderately well or well drained [Dry Floodplain Forest]
4b.
Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
5a.
Residuum of weathering bedrock
6a.
Depth to restrictive layer is less than 100 cm (40 inches)
7a.
Depth to restrictive layer is less than 50 cm (20 inches) [Shallow Restricted woodland]
7b.
Depth to restrictive layer is between 50 and 100 cm (20 and 40 inches) [Mixed Forest]
6b.
Depth to restrictive layer is greater than 100 cm (40 inches) [Mesic Forest]
5b.
Unconsolidated deposits
8a.
Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
9a.
Site is located in a depression landscape position
10a.
Soil Munsell surface color is lighter than 3/2 and/or an alfisol; no ponding [Mesic Forest]
10b.
Soil Munsell surface color is 3/2 or darker and/or a mollisol; occasional to frequent ponding [Till Flatwood]
9b.
Site is located in a swell (convex) landscape position
11a.
Soil Munsell surface color is lighter than 3/2
12a.
Soils are poorly or somewhat poorly drained [Till Mesic Forest]
12b.
Soils are moderately well or well drained [Till Ridge Forest]
11b.
Soil Munsell surface color is 3/2 or darker and/or a mollisol [Till Mesic Prairie]
8b.
Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (wind and water deposits)
13a.
Water-transported deposits (lacustrine and outwash)
14a.
Deposited in non-flowing water, lacustrine parent material
15a.
Soils are poorly or somewhat poorly drained [Flatwood Forest]
15b.
Soils are somewhat poorly to well drained [Mesic Forest]
14b.
Deposited in flowing water, outwash parent material
16a.
Soil Munsell surface color is lighter than 3/2
17a.
Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained [Outwash Forest]
17b.
Soils are well to excessively drained [Oak-Hickory Forest]
16b.
Soil Munsell surface color is darker than 3/2
18a.
Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Wet prairie]
18b.
Soils are moderately well to excessively drained [Tallgrass Prairie]
13b.
Wind-transported or sandy deposits (Loess, Sandy Deposits)
19a.
Wind-transported silt, loess parent material [Flatwood Forest]
19b.
Sandy parent material
20a.
Site is located on an interdunal landscape position [Oak Woodland-Prairie]
20b.
Site is located on a dune landscape position [Dry Sand Savanna]
111B_ES_KEY
1a.
Organic parent material
2b.
Underlying material is organic
3b.
Underlying material is not limnic and/or greater than 75 cm (30 inches) from the surface [Deep Muck]… R111XB003IN
... R111XB003IN – Deep Muck
1b.
Non-organic parent material
4a.
Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
5a.
Soil Surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
6a.
Soils are in the aquic taxonomic suborder [Wet Alluvium Floodplain]… F111XB201IN
... F111XB201IN – Wet Alluvium Floodplain
6b.
Soils are not in the aquic taxonomic suborder [Dry Alluvium Floodplain]… F111XB202IN
... F111XB202IN – Dry Alluvium Floodplain
5b.
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
7a.
Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Wet Alluvium Forest]… F111XB203IN
... F111XB203IN – Wet Alluvium Forest
7b.
Soils are moderately well or well drained [Dry Alluvium Forest]… F111XB204IN
... F111XB204IN – Dry Alluvium Forest
4b.
Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
8a.
Residuum of weathering bedrock
9a.
Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker [Dark Bedrock Prairie]… R111XB301IN
... R111XB301IN – Dark Bedrock Prairie
9b.
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
10a.
Soils are poorly or somewhat poorly drained [Mesic Bedrock Forest]… F111XB302IN
... F111XB302IN – Mesic Bedrock Forest
10b.
Soils are moderately well drained or drier [Dry Bedrock Forest]… F111XB303IN
... F111XB303IN – Dry Bedrock Forest
8b.
Unconsolidated deposits
11a.
Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
12a.
Site is on a concave landscape position and/or very poorly or poorly drained [Till Depression]… F111XB501IN
... F111XB501IN – Till Depression
12b.
Site is on a convex landscape position
13a.
Soils are somewhat poorly drained [Wet Till Ridge]… F111XB502IN
... F111XB502IN – Wet Till Ridge
13b.
Soils are moderately well or well drained [Till Ridge]… F111XE503IN
... F111XE503IN – Till Ridge
11b.
Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (water deposits)
14a.
Deposited in non-flowing water, lacustrine parent material
15a.
Soils are very poorly or poorly drained [Lacustrine Flatwood]… F111XB101IN
... F111XB101IN – Lacustrine Flatwood
15b.
Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained [Lacustrine Forest]… F111XB102IN
... F111XB102IN – Lacustrine Forest
14b.
Deposited in flowing water, outwash parent material
16a.
Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker
17a.
Soils are in the aquic suborder and/or very poorly or poorly drained [Wet Outwash Mollisol]… R111XB401IN
... R111XB401IN – Wet Outwash Mollisol
17b.
Soils are not in the aquic suborder and/or they are SWPD or drier [Dry Outwash Integrade]… R111XB402IN
... R111XB402IN – Dry Outwash Integrade
16b.
Soil surface light in color lighter than 3/2 Munsell
18a.
Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Outwash Upland]… F111XB403IN
... F111XB403IN – Outwash Upland
18b.
Soils are moderately well drained or drier [Dry Outwash Upland]… F111XB404IN
... F111XB404IN – Dry Outwash Upland
111C_ES_KEY
1a.
Organic parent material
2a.
Underlying material is mineral [mineral muck prairie]
2b.
Underlying material is organic
3a.
Underlying material is limnic [mucky prairie]
3b.
Underlying material is not limnic [deep muck wetland]
1b.
Non-organic parent material
4a.
Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
5a.
Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [floodplain forest]
5b.
Soils are moderately well or well drained [dry floodplain forest]
4b.
Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
6a.
Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
7a.
Site is located in a depression landscape position [wet prairie]
7b.
Site is located in a swell (convex) landscape position
8a.
Soil Munsell surface color is lighter than 3/2, and slope generally greater than 4% [till mesic woodland]
8b.
Soil Munsell surface color is 3/2 or darker and/or a mollisol, and slope usually less than or equal to 4% [till mesic prairie]
6b.
Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (wind and water deposits)
9a.
Water-transported deposits (outwash)
10a.
Site is located in a depression landscape position
11a.
Site is hydric (poorly drained and very poorly drained) [wet prairie]
11b.
Site is non-hydric (moderately well drained and somewhat poorly drained) [outwash forest]
10b.
Site is located in a swell (convex) landscape position [tallgrass savanna]
9b.
Wind-transported or sandy deposits (dunes)
12a.
Site is located on an interdunal landscape position
13a.
Site is hydric (poorly drained and very poorly drained) [wet sand prairie]
13b.
Site is non-hydric (moderately well drained and somewhat poorly drained) [oak woodland]
12b.
Site is located on a dune landscape position [dry sand savanna]
[Label]
[Criteria]
111D_ES_KEY
1a.
Organic parent material
2a.
organic material depth less than 130 cm (51 inches) [Muck Prairie]
2b.
organic material depth 130 cm (51 inches) or greater [Deep Muck]
1b.
Non-organic parent material
3a.
Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
4a.
Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Floodplain Forest]
4b.
Soils are moderately well or well drained [Dry Floodplain Forest]
3b.
Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
5a.
Residuum of weathering bedrock
6a.
Depth to restrictive layer is less than 100 cm (40 inches)
7a.
Depth to restrictive layer is less than 50 cm (20 inches) [Shallow Restricted woodland]
7b.
Depth to restrictive layer is between 50 and 100 cm (20 and 40 inches) [Mixed Forest]
6b.
Depth to restrictive layer is greater than 100 cm (40 inches) [Mesic Forest]
5b.
Unconsolidated deposits
8a.
Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
9a.
Site is located in a concave landscape position
10a.
Soil Munsell surface color is lighter than 3/2 and/or an alfisol [Mesic Forest]
10b.
Soil Munsell surface color is 3/2 or darker
11a.
Soil Surface color is less than 25 cm (10 inches) deep [Tall-Grass Savanna]
11a.
Soil Surface color is 25 cm (10 inches) or deeper
12a.
Soils are well drained [Till Prairie]
12b.
Soils are very poorly or poorly drained [Till Flatwood]
9b.
Site is located in a convex landscape position
13a.
Soil Munsell surface color is lighter than 3/2
14a.
Soils are poorly or somewhat poorly drained [Till Mesic Forest]
14b.
Soils are moderately well or well drained [Till Ridge Forest]
13b.
Soil Munsell surface color is 3/2 or darker
15a.
Soil surface color is less than 25 cm (10 inches) deep [Savanna]
15b.
Soil surface color is 25 cm (10 inches) or deeper [Till Mesic Prairie]
8b.
Non-ice-transported stratified deposits (wind and water deposits)
16a.
Water-transported deposits (lacustrine and outwash)
17a.
Deposited in non-flowing water, lacustrine parent material
18a.
Soils are very poorly or poorly drained [Flatwood Forest]
18b.
Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained [Mesic Forest]
17b.
Deposited in flowing water, outwash parent material
19a.
Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2
20a.
Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained [Outwash Forest]
20b.
Soils are well to excessively drained [Oak-Hickory Forest]
19b.
Soil surface color is darker than 3/2
21a.
Surface color is less than 25 cm (10 inches) deep [Savanna]
21b.
Surface color is 25 cm (10 inches) or deeper
22a.
Soils are very poorly to somewhat poorly drained [Wet prairie]
22b.
Soils are moderately well to excessively well drained [Tallgrass Prairie]
16b.
Wind-transported or sandy deposits (Loess, Sandy Deposits)
23a.
Wind-transported silt, loess parent material
24a.
Soils are very poorly or poorly drained and/or are a mollisol [Flatwood Forest]
24b.
Soils are somewhat poorly to well drained and/or are an alfisol [Loess Forest]
23b.
Sandy parent material
25a.
Site is located on an interdunal landscape position [Oak Woodland-Prairie]
25b.
Site is located on a dune landscape position
26a.
Soil surface color is 3/2 or darker to a depth of 25 cm (10 inches) or greater [Sand Dune Prairie]
26b.
Soil surface is lighter than that 3/2 munsell or less than 25 cm (10 inches) [Dry Sand Savanna]
111E_ES_KEY
1a.
Organic parent material
2a.
Underlying material is mineral [big bluestem -switchgrass]
2b.
Underlying material is organic
3a.
Underlying material is limnic (coprogenous earth) [big bluestem - eastern gamagrass???]
3b.
Underlying material is not limnic [bulrush - cattail]
1b.
Non-organic parent material
4a.
Active floodplain, alluvium parent material
5a.
Soil surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
6a.
Soils are very poorly drained [cottonwood - sycamore]
6b.
Soils are moderately well to well drained [Ohio buckeye - red maple]
5b.
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
7a.
Soils are poorly to somewhat poorly drained [silver maple - swamp white oak]
7b.
Soils are moderately well to well drained [sugar maple - American basswood]
4b.
Other landforms, not in floodplain, non-alluvium parent material
8a.
Residuum of weathering bedrock
9a.
Soils are somewhat poorly drained [sugar maple - American beech]
9b.
Soils are moderately well to well drained [white oak - red oak]
8b.
Unconsolidated deposits
10a.
Ice-transported unstratified deposits (glacial till)
11a.
Site is on a concave landscape position (toeslope and/or footslope) AND frequently ponded [pin oak -swamp white oak]
11b.
site is on a convex landscape position (summit, shoulder, backslope)
12a.
Soils are somewhat poorly drained [sugar maple - American beech]
12b.
Soils are moderately well to well drained [sugar maple - American beech]
10b.
Non-ice-transported stratified deposits
13a.
Deposited in non-flowing water, lacustrine parent material
14a.
Soils are very poorly or poorly drained [pin oak - swamp white oak]
14b.
Soils are somewhat poorly drained or drier [sugar maple - American beech]
13b.
Deposited in flowing water, outwash-colluvium parent material
15a.Soil
surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
16a.
Soils are very poorly or poorly drained [prairie cordgrass - big bluestem]
16b.
Soils are somewhat poorly drained or drier [white oak - bur oak / little bluestem - big bluestem]
15b.
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
17a.
Soils are very poorly, poorly or somewhat poorly drained [sugar maple - red oak]
17b.
Soils are moderately well drained or drier [oaks / prairie understory]
[Label]
[Criteria]
111A Outline
I.
Organic PM
B.
Underlying material is organic
II.
Non-Organic PM
A.
Alluvium PM
B.
Glacial till PM
i.
Site is located in a depression landscape position
a.
Soil surface color (SC) is lighter than 3/2 and/or an alfisol; no ponding
... F111XA006IN – Till Depression
b.
Soil SC is 3/2 or darker and/or a mollisol; occasional to frequent ponding
... F111XA007IN – Till Depression Flatwood
ii.
Site is located in a swell (concave) landscape position
a.
Soil surface is lighter than 3/2
C.
Lacustrine PM
E.
Outwash PM
i.
Soils surface color is lighter than 3/2
a.
Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained .F111AY014IN
ii.
Soils surface color is darker than 3/2
F.
Residuum PM
ii.
Depth to restrictive layer is between 20 and 40 inches
... F111XA019IN – Moderately Deep Restricted
G.
Sand PM
111B Outline
I.
Organic PM
B.
Underlying material is organic
ii.
Underlying material is not limnic and/or greater than 30 inches from the surface
... R111XB003IN – Deep Muck
II.
Mineral PM
A.
Lacustrine Parent Material
B.
Alluvium Parent Material
i.
Soil Surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
ii.
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
C.
Bedrock Parent Material
ii.
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
D.
Outwash Parent Material
i.
Soil surface dark in color 3/2 Munsell or darker
a.
Soils are in the aquic suborder and/or very poorly or poorly drained
... R111XB401IN – Wet Outwash Mollisol
b.
Soils are not in the aquic suborder and/or they are SWPD or drier
... R111XB402IN – Dry Outwash Integrade
ii.
Soil surface light in color lighter than 3/2 Munsell
E.
Glacial Till Parent Material
i.
Site is on a concave landscape position and/or very poorly or poorly drained
... F111XB501IN – Till Depression
ii.
Site is on a convex landscape position
111D Outline
I.
Organic PM
II.
Mineral PM
A.
Alluvium PM
B.
Glacial Till
A.
Site is located in a concave landscape position
ii.
Soil surface color is 3/2 Munsell or darker
b.
Soil surface color is 10 inches or deeper
B.
Site is located in a convex landscape position
i.
Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2
ii.
Soil surface color is 3/2 or darker
C.
Lacustrine PM
B.
Soils are somewhat poorly or moderately well drained Lacustrine Forest
... F111XD014IN – Lacustrine Forest
D.
Loess PM
B.
Soils are somewhat poorly to well drained and/or are an alfisol
... F111XD016IN – Dry Loess Upland
E.
Outwash PM
A.
Soil surface color is lighter than 3/2
B.
Soil surface color is darker than 3/2
ii.
Surface color is 10 inches or deeper
F.
Residuum PM
B.
Depth to restrictive layer is between 20 and 40 inches
... F111XD023IN – Moderately Deep Restricted
G.
Sand PM
B.
Site is located on a dune landscape position
i.
Soil surface color is 3/2 or darker to a depth of 10 inches or greater
... R111XD026IN – Sand Dune Prairie
111E Outline
I.
Organic Parent Material
B.
Underlying material is organic
II.
Non-Organic/Mineral Parent Material
A.
Lacustrine Parent Material
B.
Alluvium Parent Material
1
Soil surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
2
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
C.
Residuum Parent Material
D.
Outwash-Colluvium Parent Material
1
Soil surface dark in color (3/2 Munsell or darker)
2
Soil surface light in color (lighter than 3/2 Munsell)
E.
Glacial Till Parent Material
1
Site is on a concave landscape position (toeslope and/or footslope) AND frequently ponded
... F111XE501OH – Till Depression
2
site is on a convex landscape position (summit, shoulder, backslope)
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