IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN169017
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IN169017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7717
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23214
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • 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: 40.9893944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8736278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 245 feet west and 1290 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Langer and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2015
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/1977
  • Classifier - soil survey staff
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    strongly coherent

    81 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—81

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB77171
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77172
    Bt2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77173
    Bt3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WB77174
    BCt—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77175
    Cd—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # WB77176