IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN073024
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN073024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR7924
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23458
  • 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: 40.9843639
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1516417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 2600 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR79241
    A12—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79242
    A13—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79243
    B—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79244
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79245
    C2—152 to 193 centimeters (59.8 to 76.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79246
    C3—193 to 203 centimeters (76.0 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # JR79247