IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN155020
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN155020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SW8120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23716
  • Print Date: 4/26/2024

    • 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: 38.7910694
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8477083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet north and 2300 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN155—Switzerland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Stephenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/23/1981 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81201
    BT1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81202
    BT2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, sand coats between sand grains and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81203
    BT3—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81204
    BT4—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81205
    BT5—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, sand coats between sand grains and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81206
    BC—124 to 175 centimeters (48.8 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81207
    C—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; very friable; 12 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # SW81208