IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beecher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IN171002
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IN171002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WN8302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23755
  • 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: 40.2855917
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4694972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet east and 530 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN171—Warren

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Plank and Klika
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, illitic, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beecher
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1983 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83021
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83022
    BT1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83023
    BT2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83024
    BT3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83025
    C—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 1 percent dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent faint gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WN83026
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WN83027