IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN033004
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN033004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DK7504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22627
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 41.3996694
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9979028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of the southwest 1/4 of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN033—De Kalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Duncan and Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1975
  • 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: 7/29/1975 (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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DK75041
    A12—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75042
    B21T—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75043
    B22T—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75044
    B23T—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75045
    C1—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75046
    C2—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # DK75047