IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Door
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1970IN127002
User Pedon ID:
S1970IN127002
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1970IN127002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A5299
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
42546
Print Date:
1/25/2025
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:
41.4366684
Std. Longitude:
-87.0088882
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
35N
Range:
5W
Section:
32
PLSS Details:
740 feet north and 380 feet west of the SE corner of SE 1/4
Location Description:
Ken Stoner farm
State:
Indiana
County:
IN127—Porter
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IN127—Porter County, Indiana
PEDON
Describers Name:
Franzmeier, Persinger, Dideriksen, Sanders
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Humic Hapludults
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
2
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Door
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Humic Hapludults
Classificaton Date -
9/4/1970
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
terrace
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/4/1970 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
MESA
Medicago sativa
alfalfa
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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
0.5
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228
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39827
A1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39828
A2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39829
Bt1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; thin clay films on surfaces along pores and thin clay films on faces of peds; nonflat 3-7-12 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39830. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462921; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462922; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462921; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462922
Bt2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; thin dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent very fine manganese masses; nonflat 3-7-12 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # 40A39831. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462923; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462923
Bt3—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds and thin dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39832. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462926; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462927; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462926; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462927
Bt4—99 to 129 centimeters (39.0 to 50.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3); weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on rock fragments and thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39833. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462928; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462929; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462928; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462929
B1—129 to 167 centimeters (50.8 to 65.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3); weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2-26-51 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39834
B2—167 to 200 centimeters (65.7 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; thin yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on rock fragments; 2-52-102 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39835
2C—200 to 225 centimeters (78.7 to 88.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # 40A39836