IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ruark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN071007
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN071007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JN7907
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23274
  • 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: 38.9844139
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8778306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 460 feet north and 1485 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN071—Jackson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nagel and Mac donald
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruark
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruark
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1979 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN79071
    A2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79072
    B1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79073
    B21T—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79074
    B22T—91 to 145 centimeters (35.8 to 57.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79075
    B3—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy loam; massive; firm; 1 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79076
    C—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loamy sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # JN79077