IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitaker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN001009
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN001009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - AD7909
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23314
  • 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: 40.8262028
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9070806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 530 feet east and 220 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1979 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79091
    B1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; friable; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79092
    B21T—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79093
    B22T—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # AD79094
    B3T—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79095
    C—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # AD79096