IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Homer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN049013
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN049013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FU8013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23395
  • 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: 40.9864583
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2691194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1640 feet north and 2120 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN049—Fulton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Homer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Homer
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1980
  • 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: 10/22/1980 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FU80131
    B1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80132
    B21T—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80133
    B22TG—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; weak coarse 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 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80134
    B3—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80135
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 25 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # FU80136