IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Algansee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149006
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22887
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.3320806
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7005833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 495 feet west and 155 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Algansee
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Algansee variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1977 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77061
    B21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77062
    B22—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77063
    A1B—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77064
    A12B—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); black (N 2/), loamy sand; massive; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77065
    B2BG—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77066
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # SR77067