IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sebewa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN127005
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN127005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PR7805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23043
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 41.4636694
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9365833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 1760 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • Location Description: Washington Township
  • Map Unit: Sb—Sebewa loam, shaly sand substratum
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN127—Porter
  • 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: IN127—Porter County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-D8—Wanatah, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Sanders
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, active, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sebewa
  • PSC - 41 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sebewa
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace on outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in nov
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Furr and Sanders
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

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    89 - 203

    - 114 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—30

    30—94

    30—94

    41—89

    89—

    —30—

    —64—

    —64—

    —48—

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    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

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    223.9

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    985

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    9.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PR78051
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PR78052
    Bg—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PR78053
    Btg—41 to 89 centimeters (16.1 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PR78054
    BCg—89 to 94 centimeters (35.0 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent weak red (2.5YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent distinct ; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # PR78055
    2C1—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PR78056
    2C2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # PR78057