IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN015007
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN015007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CA8407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23916
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.5097167
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5750806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1950 feet east and 2100 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN015—Carroll

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Braun
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1984 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CA84071
    BT1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84072
    BT2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84073
    BT3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84074
    BT4—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84075
    BT5—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84076
    BCT—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84077
    C1—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84078
    C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # CA84079