IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitaker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN179012
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN179012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23926
  • 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: 40.7757500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3131167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1390 feet east and 1710 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitaker
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • 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 - 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85121
    BT1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85122
    BT2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85123
    BT3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85124
    BCT—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85125
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # WE85126