IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Homer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN169002
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN169002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22959
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 40.9789278
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7983083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2520 feet south and 1150 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Langer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Homer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Homer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1978 (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 very coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB78021
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78022
    B21T—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78023
    B22T—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78024
    B23T—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB78025
    B3—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WB78026
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # WB78027