IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955IN003018
  • User Pedon ID: S1955IN003018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955IN003018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5269
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42516
  • 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: 41.2661285
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9404831
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of NW
  • Location Description: Allen County, Indiana. The sample sit is 742 feet south, 990 feet east of the northwest corner of Sec. 5
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN003—Allen
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN003—Allen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James V. Anderson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

    4

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; strong fine granular structure; soft; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39593
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; soft; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39594
    B1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39595
    B21t—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39596
    B22t—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39597
    C—61 centimeters (24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 40A39598