IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN001006
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - AD7806
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23030
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.8991861
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0045167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet north and 575 feet east of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Farmer and Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1978 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD78061
    A12—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # AD78062
    B21TG—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD78063
    B22TG—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD78064
    B23TG—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # AD78065
    B24TG—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # AD78066
    B3TG—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # AD78067
    CG—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; friable; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # AD78068