IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ormas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149014
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7714
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22787
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.2534556
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5616306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet east and 2000 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Heltsley and Barnes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormas
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormas
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1977 (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); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77141
    B21—23 to 71 centimeters (9.1 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77142
    B22T—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77143
    B3T—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 6 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77144
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 12 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # SR77145