IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN151002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974IN151002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - ST7402
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22553
  • Print Date: 5/3/2024

    • 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: 41.6386222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0330722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN151—Steuben

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Farmer and Hillis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • PSC - 38 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/2015
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1974
  • Classifier - soil survey staff
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1974 (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 -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    strongly coherent

    91 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—79

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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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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ST74021
    A2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ST74022
    Bt1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST74023
    Bt2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST74024
    Bt3—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST74025
    Bt4—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST74026
    BC—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST74027
    Cd—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # ST74028