IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WHITEPOST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998IN131002
  • User Pedon ID: S1998IN131002
  • User Site Association ID: 8881
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 97182
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Transect Interval - 328.1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0567
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10837
  • Print Date: 5/5/2025

    • 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: 41.0250511
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9106293
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet east and 850 feet south of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: WmiA—Whitepost-Gilford fine sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN131—Pulaski
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN131—Pulaski County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-A8—Medaryville, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Brock, G. Franklin Furr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WHITEPOST
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over silty lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A.S. 41
  • 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: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—31

    31—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

    3

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    206.6

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03344
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03345
    Bg1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03346
    Bg2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03347
    Bg3—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) loamy fine sand; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03348
    Bg4—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03349
    C1—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sand; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03350
    C2—123 to 163 centimeters (48.4 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03351
    2C—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 98P03352