IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saranac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN179009
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN179009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8409
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23906
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.8883056
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2036139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 231 feet east and 165 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Anderson and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saranac
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1984
  • 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: 8/20/1984 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE84091
    BG1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84092
    BG2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84093
    BG3—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84094
    BG4—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent 2.5Y 3/6 (2.5Y 3/6), moist, organic stains; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84095
    BG5—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84096
    BG6—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent , moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84097
    CG—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # WE84098