IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN099005
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN099005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MS7405
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22578
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 41.2314750
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4227833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 500 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN099—Marshall

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Benton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Owosso
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS74051
    A2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74052
    B21—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74053
    B22T—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74054
    B23T—76 to 137 centimeters (29.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74055
    2C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; fragments.