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

    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

    228

    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