IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN169010
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN169010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22760
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.9974139
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9239056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 680 feet east and 960 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76101
    B1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76102
    B21—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76103
    B22—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76104
    B23T—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76105
    B3T—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76106
    C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WB76107