IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN031018
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN031018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7818
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23051
  • 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: 39.4020111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5971000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet east and 150 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively and Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1978 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC78181
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; weak fine granular parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78182
    B21T—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78183
    B22T—64 to 127 centimeters (25.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78184
    B3T—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78185
    C1—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78186