IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lafayette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN107007
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN107007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY8007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23349
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.2096972
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0126583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1452 feet east and 2021 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lafayette
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brenton variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/28/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/28/1979 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80071
    B1T—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80072
    B21T—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80073
    B22T—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 3 percent prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80074
    B23T—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80075
    B31T—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80076
    B32T—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY80077
    C—150 to 216 centimeters (59.1 to 85.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MY80078