IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Desker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IN157009
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IN157009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8609
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23859
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 40.4136417
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9620500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 175 feet west and 1130 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wolf and Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Desker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dresden
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1986 (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); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86091
    BT1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86092
    BT2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI86093
    BT3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI86094
    BT4—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI86095
    C—69 to 152 centimeters (27.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # TI86096