IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157021
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8421
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23813
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.4346250
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7324917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 80 feet east and 900 feet north of the southwest corner of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wolf and Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1983
  • 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: 9/12/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84211
    BT1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84212
    BT2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty 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 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84213
    BT3—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84214
    BT4—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84215
    BT5—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 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 light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84216
    BT6—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84217
    C—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # TI84218