IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IN119017
  • User Pedon ID: S1990IN119017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0231
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67249
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.1722641
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7333221
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet east and 2150 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: In a woods
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/17/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Oe—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.
    A—1 to 11 centimeters (0.4 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; channery silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 16 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01515
    E—11 to 24 centimeters (4.3 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) channery silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01516
    Bw1—24 to 47 centimeters (9.4 to 18.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01517
    Bw2—47 to 67 centimeters (18.5 to 26.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01518
    C—67 to 87 centimeters (26.4 to 34.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely channery loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01519
    Cr—87 to 103 centimeters (34.3 to 40.6 inches); fragments. This horizon is interbedded very strongly cemented sandstone and weakly cemented shale.