IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lafayette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157015
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8415
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23745
  • 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: 40.3747667
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8541028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet west and 260 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lafayette
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brenton variant
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/1984
  • 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: 3/6/1984 (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 grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84151
    A—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84152
    BT1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84153
    BT2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84154
    BT3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84155
    BT3—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84156
    BT4—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84157
    BT5—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy coarse sand; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84158
    BT6—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 22 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84159
    BT6—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly coarse sandy loam; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent black (N 2/), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 22 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI841510
    C—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 22 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # TI841511