LOCATION ZABOROSKY IN
Established Series
Rev. LCO-TRZ
01/2017
ZABOROSKY SERIES
The Zaborosky series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained, rapidly permeable soils on lakeplains. They formed in eolian sandy deposits over buried sandy sediments. Slopes range from 0 to 4 percent.
Mean annual precipitation is about 37 inches, and mean annual temperature is about 51 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Zaborosky fine sand - on a 1 percent slope in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sand, gray (10YR 5/1) dry; single grain; loose; common fine roots; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 9 inches thick)
C1--8 to 23 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; common medium prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) mottles; single grain; loose; common fine and very fine roots; few splotches and streaks of light gray (10YR 7/1) stripped sand grains; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (14 to 31 inches thick)
Ab--23 to 32 inches; black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand, dark gray (10YR 4/1) dry; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few streaks of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) stripped sand grains; few thin strata of black (N 2/0) sapric material, total thickness is less than 2 inches; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (5 to 12 inches thick)
Bwb--32 to 49 inches; matrix is brown (10YR 5/3) stripped fine sand grains; few fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; single grain; loose; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (5 to 19 inches thick)
Cb1--49 to 54 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; many coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; single grain; loose; neutral; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
Cb2--54 to 60 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Newton County, Indiana; about 5 miles north and 1/4 mile west of Enos; 2300 feet south and 1300 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 33, T. 31 N., R. 9 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISITICS: Depth to the top of the buried soil is 20 to 40 inches. Mottles with chroma of 2 or less are above a depth of 24 inches. Depth to free carbonates is 40 to 60 inches.
The upper part of the series control section (A,C) averages 30 to 45 percent medium sand and 3 to 10 percent clay. The upper part (A) has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral depending on liming history. The lower part (C) has hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 or 4. Reaction is very strongly acid to slightly acid.
The second part of the series control section (Ab) has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3. Fine sand plus medium sand content is 75 to 90 percent. Reaction is very strongly acid to moderately acid.
The third part of the series control section (Bwb) has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6. Medium sand content is 30 to 45 percent. Clay content is 1 to 5 percent. Reaction is very strongly acid to moderately acid.
The lower part of the series control section (Cb) has hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8. Medium sand content is 30 to 45 percent. Clay content is 2 to 5 percent. Reaction is neutral or slightly alkaline.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Algansee,
Altmar,
Brems,
Deerfield,
Elnora,
Fortress,
Livonia,
Morocco,
Ottokee,
Partridge, and
Tedrow series. Algansee soils have subhorizons with more than 5 percent clay in the lower two parts of the series control section. Altmar soils have a weighted average of more than 10 percent coarse fragments at depths of 10 to 40 inches. Brems soils do not have 2 chroma mottles above a depth of 24 inches. Deerfield, Elnora, and Morocco soils do not have free carbonates within a depth of 60 inches. Fortress soils have a mantle of human transported material that is 100 to 200 cm thick. Livonia soils have a surface mantle of human transported material that is 50 cm or less thick and no surface mantle of new soil material from eolian transport. Ottokee soils have lamellae with 3 to 5 percent more clay than the intervening horizons (E & Bt) in the third part of the series control section. Partridge soils have a lithic or paralithic contact within a depth of 40 inches. Tedrow soils have value of 4 or more in the second part of the series control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Zaborosky soils are on lakeplains. They formed in eolian sandy deposits over buried sandy sediments. Slopes range from 0 to 4 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 35 to 39 inches and mean annual temperature ranges from 50 to 52 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Conrad and
Tedrow soils. The somewhat poorly drained Tedrow soils are on similar topographic positions but do not have buried A horizons. The very poorly drained Conrad soils are on lower topographic positions.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained. Runoff is very slow to medium. Permeability is rapid. An intermittent apparent water table is at 1 to 2 feet.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used to grow corn, soybeans, and small grain. The gently sloping areas are mostly pasture or have been planted to trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northwestern Indiana. These soils are not extensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Newton County, Indiana, 1990.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: Ochric epipedon: 0 to 8 inches (Ap horizon); Psammentic features: fine sand and loamy sand from 10 to 40 inches; Redoximorphic features: 2 chroma mottles above 40 inches.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Lab data available for this pedon: S85IN111-6, NSSL
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.