IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saugatuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN091006
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN091006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LP7606
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22828
  • 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: 41.7531750
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7572417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1720 feet north and 200 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN091—La Porte

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Huber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Edited to: sandy, mesic ortstein aeric haplaquods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP76061
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP76062
    21HIR—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP76063
    22HIRM—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sand; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP76064
    B3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP76065
    C1—76 to 124 centimeters (29.9 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP76066
    C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # LP76067