IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN139003
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN139003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RU7903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23068
  • 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: 39.7078667
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4568861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet east and 2360 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN139—Rush
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1979
  • 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: 5/9/1979 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU79031
    B21T—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU79032
    B22T—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU79033
    B23T—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU79034
    B24T—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU79035
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 18 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # RU79036