IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilhite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN071005
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN071005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JN8005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23553
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.7638361
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9804167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1815 feet north and 165 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN071—Jackson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nagel and Forston
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilhite
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1980 (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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    AP1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN80051
    AP2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN80052
    B21—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN80053
    B22—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN80054
    B23—71 to 127 centimeters (28.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN80055
    B23—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN80056
    C—157 to 170 centimeters (61.8 to 66.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # JN80057