IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shoals
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149002
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22872
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 41.3057833
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6006917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 195 feet east and 1140 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1977
  • 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: 9/7/1977 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # SR77021
    B21TG—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77022
    B22TG—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 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; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77023
    B23T—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77024
    B24T—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77025
    C1—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77026
    C2G—102 to 109 centimeters (40.2 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77027
    C3—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 21 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # SR77028