
INDIANAPOLIS MLRA PROJECT OFFICE
FOUNTAIN COUNTY UPDATE PROGRESS REPORT
September 1998
If at first you don't succeed,
do another transect.
FIELD ACTIVITIES
- Transects by team member, FY98:TIE-1, SAH-25.5,
JLS-81.5, MLW-95: total-203
- Described and sampled 4 pedons in Fountain
County
- Attended the IAPSC fall tour in southwestern
Indiana
- Collected base saturation samples for loess
units in Fountain and Parke County
- Assisted the Farm Progress show
- Scot Haley assisted several soil judging
contests
- Jerry Shively assisted several soil judging
contests
- Mike Wigginton assisted the Richmond parks
department
OFFICE ACTIVITIES
- Maintaining data bases for Pedon and Transect
form
- Sent 6 pedons to NSSC.
- Updated several OSD's
CORRELATION DECISIONS
- Tentative decisions made on five new series
in bedrock and outwash areas pending results of lab data.
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
- Attended partnership picnic at Eagle Creek Park
- Labor day holiday
Mike Wigginton
Subset Leader
Fountain County Soil Survey Update
Indianapolis, IN
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