IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watseka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN073009
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN073009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR7909
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23172
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.2179000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0639333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 600 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Watseka
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/2/1979 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR79091
    A3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # JR79092
    B2G—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # JR79093
    B3G—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79094
    CG—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # JR79095
    CG—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # JR79096
    CG—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # JR79097