IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beecher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN157025
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN157025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8525
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23835
  • 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: 40.5290361
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9683611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet west and 1680 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wolf and Mcclain
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beecher
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beecher
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1985
  • 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: 9/13/1985 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI85251
    BT1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI85252
    BT2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI85253
    BT3—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI85254
    BT4—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic 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 smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI85255
    BT5—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic 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; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI85256
    BCT—104 to 112 centimeters (40.9 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse 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; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85257
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct gray (N 6/0), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # TI85258