IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ormas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN085002
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN085002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23242
  • 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: 41.2478111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9044944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 850 feet west and 130 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormas
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormas
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1977 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO77021
    A11—25 to 64 centimeters (9.8 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO77022
    A12—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO77023
    B21T—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO77024
    B31—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO77025
    B32T—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO77026
    C1—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # KO77027