IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN069003
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN069003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HU7703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22775
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.8981778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6057194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet west and 790 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN069—Huntington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Walker and Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley variant
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 5/10/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HU77031
    B21T—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HU77032
    B22T—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HU77033
    B23T—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HU77034
    B3T—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HU77035
    C—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # HU77036