IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shakamak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN055005
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN055005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GN7905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23330
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 39.1650778
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1656583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 1700 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc carter and Langer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shakamak
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1979 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GN79051
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79052
    B21T—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79053
    B22T—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79054
    BX1—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # GN79055
    BX2—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79056
    BX3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79057
    B31—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79058
    B32—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # GN79059