IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitaker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN033004
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN033004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DK7604
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22633
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.3833306
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0262639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 700 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN033—De Kalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Jensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DK76041
    A2—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK76042
    B1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK76043
    B2T—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent black (N 2/0), moist, sand coats and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK76044
    B3—71 to 142 centimeters (28.0 to 55.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK76045
    C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # DK76046