IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149009
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7709
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22761
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.2010389
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4738056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet east and 200 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Aquic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1977 (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
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    AP—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77091
    B21—28 to 66 centimeters (11.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77092
    B22T—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77093
    B23TG—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77094
    B3TG—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77095
    C1G—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77096
    C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # SR77097