IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitaker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN059002
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN059002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HN7102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22430
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.9150056
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7875583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet west and 125 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN059—Hancock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Huffman and Ruesch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71021
    A2—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71022
    B21T—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71023
    B22T—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71024
    B3T—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71025
    C1—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; massive; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71026
    C2—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # HN71027