IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN031009
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN031009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7809
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22951
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.1702472
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5481111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2012 feet east and 2150 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively and Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1978 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC78091
    B21T—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78092
    B22T—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78093
    B23T—71 to 150 centimeters (28.0 to 59.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on faces of peds and 70 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78094
    B3T—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # DC78095