IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN141004
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN141004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SA6904
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22347
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 41.5418778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2909472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest corner NW1/4 of the SW1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger and Benton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69041
    B1T—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69042
    B21T—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69043
    B22T—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69044
    B23T—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69045
    B31—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69046
    B32—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69047
    C—122 to 183 centimeters (48.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 35 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # SA69048