IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sebewa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149003
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23266
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.3457917
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6974194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 190 feet east and 130 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • Location Description: Center Township
  • Map Unit: So—Suman silt loam, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN149—Starke County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-C6—Knox West, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Umbric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sebewa
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lacustrine deposits over sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    0—28

    28—94

    28—104

    28—104

    —28—

    —66—

    —76—

    —76—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    204.7

    —

    994

    —

    —

    9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # SR77031
    BAtg—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 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; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # SR77032
    Btg1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # SR77033
    Btg2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # SR77034
    Cg—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); stratified fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # SR77035
    2C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); sand; single grain; loose; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # SR77036