IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006IN095001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006IN095001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0945
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18586
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 39.9722214
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6255569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 33
  • Map Unit: Wd—Westland silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • MLRA: 111A—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Central Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN095—Madison County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39085-H6—Pendleton, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kevin Norwood, Norm Stephens, Dena Marshall, Tonie Endres
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Microrelief Elevation: 286
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • 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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    286

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    75

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) crushed, 90 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04194; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301286; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301286
    Ap2—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); 90 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, 90 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04195; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301290; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301290
    Ap2—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); 90 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, 90 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04196; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301287; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301287
    2Bg1—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated chert fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated granite fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04197; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301292; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301292
    2Bg1—44 to 59 centimeters (17.3 to 23.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated chert fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated granite fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04198; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301291; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301291
    2Bg2—59 to 79 centimeters (23.2 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated shale, clayey fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated basalt fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated limestone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04199; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301293; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301293
    2Bg2—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated shale, clayey fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated basalt fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated limestone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04200; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301288; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301288
    2Bg3—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face clay; structureless single grain; firm; 10 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 7 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated shale, clayey fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated limestone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated basalt fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated chert fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04201; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301289; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301289
    2Cg—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face very gravelly clay loam; loose; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated shale, clayey fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated chert fragments and 27 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 06N04202; observed in pit, small