IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN099006
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN099006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MS7406
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22579
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 41.2413000
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4258500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1220 feet south and 400 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN099—Marshall

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Benton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MS74061
    A2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74062
    B21—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74063
    B22T—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74064
    B23T—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate 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; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74065
    B3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MS74066
    C—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # MS74067