IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149008
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22757
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 41.2494250
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4745556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 480 feet east and 720 feet south of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1977 (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); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77081
    B21—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77082
    B22T—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77083
    B23T—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77084
    B24T—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77085
    B3T—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77086
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # SR77087