IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN057001
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HM7401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22629
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 39.9782778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0563056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1325 feet west and 2560 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN057—Hamilton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Hosteter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1974 (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
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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM74011
    A12—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM74012
    B21TG—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM74013
    B22TG—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, sand coats and 35 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HM74014
    B23TG—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # HM74015
    B3—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HM74016
    C1—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) gravelly loamy sand; single grain; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # HM74017
    C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) gravelly sand; single grain; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # HM74018