IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN037009
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN037009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DU7609
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22658
  • 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: 38.2710278
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7734306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2630 feet south and 180 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN037—Dubois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Coulter and Bernard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76091
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; 10 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76092
    B2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stony silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains; 50 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76093
    B3—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) stony loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 80 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76094
    CR—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) stony fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 90 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # DU76095