IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boyer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978IN085004
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IN085004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22905
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.2031028
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8058167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet south and 525 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • Map Unit: BoB—Boyer loamy sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko
  • MLRA: 111C—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN085—Kosciusko County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boyer
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boyer
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1978
  • Classifier - Staley
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—79

    —38—

    —41—
    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

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    —

    210

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO78041
    BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 14 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78042. the horizon designation from the field description was Bt1
    Bt—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78043. the horizon designation from the field description was Bt2
    BC—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO78044. the horizon designation from the field description was Bt3
    BCt—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO78045. the horizon designation from the field description was Bt4
    C—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # KO78046