IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN169005
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN169005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB8005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23205
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 41.0174361
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9078917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1270 feet north and 180 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1979 (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); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB80051
    B1—25 to 64 centimeters (9.8 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB80052
    B21T—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB80053
    B22T—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB80054
    B3—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB80055
    2C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; structureless massive; firm; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence.