IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IN063004
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IN063004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HR6804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22395
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.6277500
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5359417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet south and 1250 feet west of the northeast corner NW1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN063—Hendricks

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Sanders
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1968
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1968 (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 -
    • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HR68041
    A—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HR68042
    Btg1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # HR68043
    Btg2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # HR68044
    Btg3—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # HR68045
    BC—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HR68046
    C—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # HR68047