IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Door
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970IN091003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970IN091003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42543
  • Print Date: 1/11/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 280 feet north and 900 feet east of the SW corner of NW1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: Floyd Ribardy farm
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN091—La Porte
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN091—La Porte County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger, Franzmeier, Sanders
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, mesic Humic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Door
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, mesic Humic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over sandy shale and gravel
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    243.8

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39796
    A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on surfaces along pores and black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39797
    Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 medium high-continuity and 21.0 fine high-continuity pores; thin very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along pores and thin very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and thin very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on surfaces along pores and thin very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39798. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462645; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462646; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462647; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462648; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462645; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462646; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462647; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462648
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; thin very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and thin very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39799
    2B1—69 to 88 centimeters (27.2 to 34.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; thin dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds and thin dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39800. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462654; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462655; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462654; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462655
    2B2—88 to 117 centimeters (34.6 to 46.1 inches); weak coarse subangular blocky, and single grain; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39802, 40A39801
    C1/C2/C3—117 to 170 centimeters (46.1 to 66.9 inches); massive, and single grain; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 40A39805, 40A39804, 40A39803