IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Rensselaer
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1977IN087001
User Pedon ID:
1977IN087001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
Purdue
Lab Pedon # -
LG7701
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
22810
Print Date:
5/12/2025
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:
41.6462028
Std. Longitude:
-85.4729306
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
37N
Range:
9E
Section:
22
PLSS Details:
800 feet south and 100 feet east of the center
State:
Indiana
County:
IN087—Lagrange
PEDON
Describers Name:
Hillis
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
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 -
4/12/1977
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:
4/12/1977 (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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
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AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LG77011
A12—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG77012
B1TG—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG77013
B21TG—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky 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 dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG77014
B22TG—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky 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 dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # LG77015
B3—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # LG77016
C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # LG77017