IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Desker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN039002
  • User Site Association ID: 8805
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 94-36
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67264
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 41.4686127
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6650009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet north and 2650 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-D6—Lake Wawasee, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAB, SLM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Desker
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Desker
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Hapludal
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 250-11
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—74

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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

    3

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    268

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.80000019 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.4000001 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01575. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194344; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194344
    Bt2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.4000001 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01576. continuous - phpvsfiid 194351; continuous - phpvsfiid 194351
    Bt3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 6.19999981 Bromthymol blue; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01577. continuous - phpvsfiid 194352; continuous - phpvsfiid 194352
    C1—97 to 173 centimeters (38.2 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly coarse sand; massive; loose; 18 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 7.4000001 Bromthymol blue; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    C2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior gravelly coarse sand; massive; loose; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 7.4000001 Bromthymol blue; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog.