IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN093017
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN093017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LW7817
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23339
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.9776278
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3837194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet east and 500 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN093—Lawrence

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas and Kempf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt; moderate medium granular structure; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78171
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt; weak fine platy structure; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78172
    B21—10 to 41 centimeters (3.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78173
    B22—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78174
    CR—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78175
    R—86 centimeters (33.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.