IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belleville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN149015
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN149015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7715
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22674
  • 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: 41.2182917
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4857722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 90 feet east and 1180 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mesic Arenic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belleville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/1977 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77151
    B1G—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77152
    B21—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77153
    B22—66 to 74 centimeters (26.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77154
    B23T—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77155
    C—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # SR77156