IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitaker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN009008
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN009008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BL8008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23601
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.3916250
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2765972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 245 feet east and 300 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN009—Blackford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hartman and Kluess
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1980
  • 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: 11/19/1980 (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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    AP1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # BL80081
    AP2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BL80082
    B21T—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL80083
    B22T—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL80084
    B23T—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL80085
    B24T—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL80086
    B3—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL80087
    C1—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL80088
    C2—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # BL80089