IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miamian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN135036
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN135036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RA7936
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23181
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.3070722
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1845778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet east and 100 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Houghtby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miamian
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hennepin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79361
    B21T—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79362
    B22T—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79363
    B3—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79364
    C—69 to 152 centimeters (27.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; very firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # RA79365