IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saranac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN135003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN135003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RA7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23011
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.2831944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0919889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet east and 1400 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Pearson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1978 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78031
    A12—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78032
    C1G—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA78033
    C2G—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA78034
    C3G—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA78035
    C4G—132 to 178 centimeters (52.0 to 70.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak fine massive; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # RA78036