IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972IN085002
  • User Pedon ID: 1972IN085002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7202
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22400
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.2648000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7656250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 235 feet north and 185 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley and Brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riddles
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1972 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO72021
    B1T—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO72022
    B21T—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO72023
    B22T—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO72024
    B23—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO72025
    B3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # KO72026