IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitaker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN181010
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN181010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WH7410
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22634
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.7475750
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7367167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 125 feet west and 1630 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN181—White

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Langlois and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1974
  • 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: 9/20/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WH74101
    B21T—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74102
    B22T—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74103
    B23T—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74104
    B24T—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74105
    B31T—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74106
    B32T—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74107
    C—127 to 168 centimeters (50.0 to 66.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WH74108