IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nappanee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955IN003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1955IN003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5273
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42520
  • 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: 41.1125183
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8429794
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, 1,320 feet east and 730 feet north of the southwest corner
  • 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 #: 4
  • 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:
  • 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
    • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39622
    B21g—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39623
    B22g—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39624
    B3g—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39625
    C1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 40A39626
    C2—97 centimeters (38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 40A39627