IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gessie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972IN057001
  • User Pedon ID: 1972IN057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HM7201
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22338
  • 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: 40.0074889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0288861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1130 feet east and 40 feet south of the northwest cornerNW1/4 SW1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN057—Hamilton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Huffman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gessie
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Genesee
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1972 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM72011
    C1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM72012
    C2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM72013
    C3—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # HM72014
    C4—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM72015
    C5—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM72016
    C6—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HM72017
    C7—165 to 178 centimeters (65.0 to 70.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # HM72018