IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN033003
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DK7503
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22547
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 41.4055333
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0097194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 1300 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN033—De Kalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Fischer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Metea
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1975 (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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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DK75031
    B21—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75032
    B22—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75033
    B23T—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75034
    B24T—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75035
    B25T—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75036
    C1—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75037
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # DK75038