IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN033007
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN033007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DK7807
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22969
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 41.3341167
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8457722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet north and 1000 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN033—De Kalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1978
  • 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: 6/29/1978 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DK78071
    B1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78072
    B21T—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78073
    B22T—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78074
    2B23T—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78075
    2B3T—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9.