IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S04IN157002
  • User Pedon ID: S04IN157002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17192
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.2189167
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7729333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 12 km north of Darlington, Indiana
  • Map Unit: SwA—Starks-Fincastle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN157—Tippecanoe County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40086-B7—Kirkpatrick, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tonie Endres
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glaciofluvial deposits over till
  • Landform: Wisconsinan ground moraine
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 83
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - rain
  • Current Air Temp - 12
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    25—119

    25—180

    —25—

    —94—

    —155—
    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

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    245

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry. A horizon was subdivided for sampling purposes at 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Boundary not described
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry. A horizon was subdivided for sampling purposes at 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Boundary not described
    Ap3—10 to 16 centimeters (3.9 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap4—16 to 25 centimeters (6.3 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; very fine roots between peds and fine roots; 80 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt2—35 to 61 centimeters (13.8 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; very fine roots between peds and fine roots; 70 percent prominent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btg1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; very fine roots between peds; 60 percent prominent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 50 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btg2—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 20 percent prominent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Btg3—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent prominent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2BC1—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2BC2—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face stratified stratified loam to sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    3Cd—170 to 180 centimeters (66.9 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loam; massive; very firm; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry