IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saranac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN005003
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BA6903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22432
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 39.2793500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8378361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast corner NE1/4 of the SE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN005—Bartholomew
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Howell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zipp
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • 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

    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69031
    A12—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69032
    B21TG—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69033
    B22TG—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent dark gray (N 4/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69034
    B23TG—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent dark gray (N 4/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA69035
    B3TG—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent dark gray (N 4/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA69036
    C1G—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent gray (N 5/0), moist, clay films; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA69037
    C2G—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA69038
    244 to 280 centimeters (96.1 to 110.2 inches); stratified stratified sand to gravel; single grain; loose; fragments.