IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119008
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0924
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65051
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.3680573
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6750031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet west and 625 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Hosteter, T. Zigler
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: As-23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—9

    15—100

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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

    2

    250

    0

    218

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    45

    439

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04969
    BE—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04970
    Bt1—39 to 51 centimeters (15.4 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04971. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190905; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190905
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04972. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190906; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190906
    Bt3—71 to 101 centimeters (28.0 to 39.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04974. continuous - phpvsfiid 190907; continuous - phpvsfiid 190908; continuous - phpvsfiid 190907; continuous - phpvsfiid 190908
    Bt4—101 to 117 centimeters (39.8 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04975. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190909; continuous - phpvsfiid 190910; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190911; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190909; continuous - phpvsfiid 190910; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190911
    2Bt5—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04977. continuous - phpvsfiid 190913; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190912; continuous - phpvsfiid 190913; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190912
    2Bt6—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04979. continuous - phpvsfiid 190915; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190914; continuous - phpvsfiid 190915; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190914
    3Bt7—173 to 234 centimeters (68.1 to 92.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04982. continuous - phpvsfiid 173455; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190916; continuous - phpvsfiid 173455; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190916
    4Bt8—234 to 258 centimeters (92.1 to 101.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 65 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04983. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173456; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173456
    4Bt9—258 to 260 centimeters (101.6 to 102.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay, silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04984