IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saranac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157031
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8431
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23905
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024
  • 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: 40.3396389
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8405306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet east and 2080 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/7/1984 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84311
    A—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84312
    BG1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84313
    BG2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84314
    BG3—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84315
    CG1—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); gray (N 5/0) silt loam; massive; friable; 21 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84316
    CG2—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # TI84317