IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973IN097001
  • User Pedon ID: 1973IN097001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MN7301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22398
  • 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: 39.6636917
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1747444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 165 feet south and 742 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN097—Marion

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brock and Crooke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1973 (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); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN73011
    A12—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN73012
    B21TG—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN73013
    B22TG—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN73014
    B31G—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN73015
    B32G—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN73016
    C1—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN73017
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; massive; loose; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # MN73018