IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Digby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN179004
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN179004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23858
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.7712583
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3134389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet north and 1300 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Digby
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Digby
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • 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: 10/1/1985 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85041
    BT1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85042
    BT2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85043
    BT3—71 to 117 centimeters (28.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 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; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85044
    BCT—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85045
    C—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WE85046