IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ormas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN149001
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN149001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7801
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22997
  • 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: 41.3760806
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6709667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet east and 300 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Arenic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormas
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormas variant
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1978 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR78011
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR78012
    B21—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR78013
    B22—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR78014
    B23TG—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR78015
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 30 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # SR78016