IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitaker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN169012
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN169012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7712
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23316
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.8843083
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7920750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 165 feet north and 545 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Langer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1977
  • 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: 7/27/1977 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB77121
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77122
    B21T—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77123
    B22T—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WB77124
    B23T—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WB77125
    B3—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; massive; friable; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77126
    C1—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # WB77127