IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN017012
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN017012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CS7612
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23312
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.8442722
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5637361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1865 feet north and 160 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN017—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Douglas and Strenger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1976 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76121
    B21TG—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76122
    B22TG—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76123
    B3G—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76124
    C1—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76125
    C2—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # CS76126