IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conover
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN033011
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN033011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DK7811
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22917
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.4696972
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1425083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet west and 780 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN033—De Kalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Conover
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conover
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1978 (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), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 3 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DK78111
    B21TG—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78112
    B22T—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78113
    B23T—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK78114
    C—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # DK78115