IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN085003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN085003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22985
  • 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: 41.0462111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8996806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2690 feet west and 1150 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO78031
    B21T—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78032
    B22T—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78033
    C—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # KO78034