IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN077010
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN077010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22823
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 38.6922389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4679556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet south and 2000 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Koleszar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: loess hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1976 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76101
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76102
    B21T—30 to 69 centimeters (11.8 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76103
    B22T—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76104
    B23T—97 to 147 centimeters (38.2 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76105
    B24—147 to 170 centimeters (57.9 to 66.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76106
    B25—170 to 183 centimeters (66.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # JF76107