IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalamazoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN169014
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN169014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7814
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23000
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.9542472
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8393944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1920 feet west and 875 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalamazoo
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oshtemo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1977 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB78141
    A2—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78142
    B1T—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78143
    B21T—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78144
    B22—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # WB78145
    B23—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78146
    B3—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78147
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # WB78148