IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977IN149012
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IN149012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7712
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23259
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 41.2337083
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5527028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 190 feet east and 1200 feet south of the center
  • Map Unit: PvB—Plainfield sand, loamy substratum, 1 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN149—Starke County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-B5—Bass Lake, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • PSC - 127 to 157 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin sandy outwash over Wisconsin loamy till
  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    127—157

    127—

    —25—

    —30—

    —-
    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

    2

    —

    —

    231.6

    —

    996

    —

    —

    9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77121
    Bw1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77122
    Bw2—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77123
    Bt—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77124
    2Bt1—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77125
    2Bt2—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77126
    2Bt3—150 to 157 centimeters (59.1 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77127
    2C—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # SR77128