IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nappanee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955IN003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1955IN003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955IN003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5272
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42519
  • 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: 41.1744652
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8421478
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 60 feet north of pasture fence, 1,420 feet east of State Highway No. 101, NE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Allen County, Indiana.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN003—Allen
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN003—Allen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James V. Anderson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nappanee
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    POA

    QUERC

    Carya

    Poa

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    bluegrass

    oak

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39616
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; strong medium platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39617
    B1t—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39618
    B21t—20 to 69 centimeters (7.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39619
    B22t—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39620
    C—84 centimeters (33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 40A39621. White mottles are of CaCO3.