IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aptakisic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN159001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN159001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TN7701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22873
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 40.2831583
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0042639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 125 feet south and 75 feet west of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN159—Tipton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pirtle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aptakisic
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TN77011
    A2—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77012
    B21T—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77013
    B22T—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77014
    B23T—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77015
    B3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77016
    C—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TN77017