IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN107014
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN107014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY7814
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23052
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 40.1119111
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8544389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1980 feet west and 50 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1978
  • 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: 7/12/1978 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78141
    B11—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78142
    B21T—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78143
    B22T—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 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 smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78144
    B23T—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # MY78145
    B24T—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78146
    B31—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY78147
    B32—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY78148
    C—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MY78149