IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coloma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN073010
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN073010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR8010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23353
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.9036917
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1348722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet east and 2600 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Marion Township
  • Map Unit: ChB—Chelsea sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper
  • MLRA: 111C—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN073—Jasper County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-H2—Rensselaer, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Hunt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: esker
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Benjamin Smallwood and Thomas Hunt
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—10

    100—203

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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

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80101
    E1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80102
    E2—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80103
    E3—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80104
    E4—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80105
    E and Bt1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80106
    E and Bt2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80107
    E and Bt3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # JR80108