IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN179004
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN179004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8404
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23888
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.9031361
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2410444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 363 feet east and 140 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Anderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE84041
    BT1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84042
    BT2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 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; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84043
    BCT—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak thick platy parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84044
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak very coarse platy structure; very firm; 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE84045
    C2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak thick platy structure; very firm; 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WE84046