IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nesius
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN073017
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN073017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR7917
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23459
  • Print Date: 2/20/2025

    • 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: 40.8610028
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2501000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet west and 1800 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Hunt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nesius
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR79171
    A12—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79172
    B1—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79173
    B2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79174
    C1—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79175
    C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # JR79176
    C2—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # JR79177
    C2—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # JR79178