IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nappanee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN087002
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN087002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LG7102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22377
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.5308000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6453028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet south and 10 feet west of the intersection of County Roads 700 south and 1100 W
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN087—Lagrange

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kirschner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nappanee
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nappanee
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1972 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LG71021
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # LG71022
    B21T—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # LG71023
    B22T—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # LG71024
    B23T—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # LG71025
    C—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # LG71026