IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973IN057003
  • User Pedon ID: 1973IN057003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HM7303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22628
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 40.0362028
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1173472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet west and 2640 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN057—Hamilton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Huffman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    AIP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM73031
    A12—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM73032
    B21TG—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM73033
    B22TG—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM73034
    B23TG—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM73035
    B24TG—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HM73036
    B3—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HM73037
    C—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly loamy sand; single grain; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # HM73038