IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shakamak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN021003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN021003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CL7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22890
  • 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: 39.2850944
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0755472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 125 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN021—Clay

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc carter and King
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shakamak
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL78031
    A2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL78032
    B21T—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL78033
    BX1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL78034
    BX2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL78035
    BX3—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL78036
    BX4—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL78037
    B31—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL78038
    B32—178 to 208 centimeters (70.1 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL78039
    BTB—208 to 229 centimeters (81.9 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # CL780310