IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boyer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IN087004
  • User Pedon ID: 89IN087004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0623
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61723
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.6888885
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2833328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 990 feet S and 900 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: .5 mile N of Mongo
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN087—Lagrange
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boyer
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—58

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    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

    4

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    300

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    90

    84

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy sand; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03451; moist when described;. many fine and medium roots throughout
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium pores; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03452; moist when described;. many fine and medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224199; continuous - phpvsfiid 224199
    Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium pores; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03453; moist when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224200; continuous - phpvsfiid 224200
    BC—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03454; moist when described;. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    C—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; loose; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 89P03455; moist when described;. common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous