IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IN053003
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IN053003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GT8203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23678
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.6443222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6373361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 160 feet east and 1700 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN053—Grant

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Rich
  • 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 - 4/22/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/22/1982 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GT82031
    BT1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT82032
    BR2—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT82033
    BC—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT82034
    C1—53 to 109 centimeters (20.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT82035
    C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # GT82036