IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN077012
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN077012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7612
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22824
  • 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: 38.7520111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3650278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet south and 1150 feet east of the northwest 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 #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1976 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76121
    B21T—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76122
    B22T—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76123
    B23T—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 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 5.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76124
    B24T—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76125
    B25T—114 to 165 centimeters (44.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76126
    B26T—165 to 185 centimeters (65.0 to 72.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76127
    B27T—185 to 224 centimeters (72.8 to 88.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; 6 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76128
    B28—224 to 320 centimeters (88.2 to 126.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # JF76129
    B29—320 to 396 centimeters (126.0 to 155.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 3 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # JF761210