IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wirt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN137014
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN137014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI7814
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23477
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.1680750
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0960778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1720 feet north and 480 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wirt
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wirt
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak very coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78141
    B21—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78142
    B22—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78143
    B3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78144
    C1—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; loose; 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78145
    CR2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 40 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # RI78146