IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Selma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN073013
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN073013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR7913
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23265
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.8556972
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1731028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet east and 1400 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Selma
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1979 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; friable; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR79131
    B1G—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; firm; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79132
    B21TG—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79133
    B22TG—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; firm; 35 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79134
    B3TG—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); gray (N 6/0) silty clay loam; friable; 70 percent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR79135
    CG—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; friable; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # JR79136
    CG—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; friable; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # JR79137
    CG—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; friable; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # JR79138