IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boyer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IN183007
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IN183007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WL8407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23744
  • 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: 41.0792361
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6420667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 775 feet east and 1450 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: BvD—Boyer loamy sand, 12 to 18 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN183—Whitley
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN183—Whitley County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • 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
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin outwash
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—20

    20—64

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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

    15

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    242

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WL84071
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # WL84072
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # WL84073
    Bt3—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # WL84074
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 8 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # WL84075