IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN169008
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN169008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7608
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22811
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 41.0420917
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9408861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1290 feet east and 275 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1976 (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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76081
    A12—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76082
    B1TG—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76083
    B21TG—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, manganese coatings and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76084
    B22TG—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76085
    B23TG—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, manganese coatings and 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76086
    B3—107 to 163 centimeters (42.1 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76087
    C—163 to 163 centimeters (64.2 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loamy sand; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # WB76088