IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN151003
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN151003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - ST7703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22758
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.7025500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1958556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet north and 550 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN151—Steuben

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Farmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1977 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ST77031
    B1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST77032
    B21T—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST77033
    B22T—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST77034
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 4 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # ST77035