IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN031022
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN031022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7622
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22822
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1689000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5504444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1350 feet east and 2640 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC76221
    B21T—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76222
    B22T—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76223
    B23T—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76224
    B24T—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76225
    B25T—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76226