IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119009
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0925
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65052
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.3675003
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6752777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet west and 725 feet south of northeast corner
  • Location Description: Owen County
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. McCarter, B. Hosteter, N. Patterson, J. Shively
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryker
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    8

    61

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    215

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    225

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.0 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04986
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04987. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173457; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173457
    Bt2—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 75 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04988. continuous - phpvsfiid 173458; continuous - phpvsfiid 173458
    Bt3—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 21.0 fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04989. continuous - phpvsfiid 173459; continuous - phpvsfiid 173460; patchy - phpvsfiid 173461; continuous - phpvsfiid 173459; continuous - phpvsfiid 173460; patchy - phpvsfiid 173461
    2Bt4—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 21.0 fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04990. Sample number 92P4991, split for sampling purposes.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173462; patchy - phpvsfiid 173463; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173462; patchy - phpvsfiid 173463
    2Bt5—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 21.0 fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04992. Sample number 92P4993, split for sampling purposes.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173465; patchy - phpvsfiid 173464; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173465; patchy - phpvsfiid 173464
    3Bt6—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 21.0 fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04994. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173466; continuous - phpvsfiid 173467; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173466; continuous - phpvsfiid 173467
    3Bt7—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 5.0 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04995. continuous - phpvsfiid 173468; continuous - phpvsfiid 173469; continuous - phpvsfiid 173468; continuous - phpvsfiid 173469
    3Bt8—183 to 211 centimeters (72.0 to 83.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04996. continuous - phpvsfiid 173470; continuous - phpvsfiid 173471; continuous - phpvsfiid 173470; continuous - phpvsfiid 173471
    4Btb—211 to 287 centimeters (83.1 to 113.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04997. Sample numbers 92P4998, 92P4999, split for sampling purposes.; continuous - phpvsfiid 173472; patchy - phpvsfiid 173473; continuous - phpvsfiid 173472; patchy - phpvsfiid 173473
    4BCt—287 to 305 centimeters (113.0 to 120.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P05000