IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IN069001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IN069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5270
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42517
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: cut on north side of road and west side of valley of Clear Creek, Huntington County, Indiana, State Highway No. 16.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN069—Huntington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN069—Huntington County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. P. Ulrich
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: till plain
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39599
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak thin platy, and medium structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39600
    B1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam, coarse sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39601. Ped faces are coated and cracks filled with silt that is light brownish gray to pale brown when dry.
    B21t—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39602
    B22t—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39603
    C1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; black (10YR 2/1) coats on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39604
    C2—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39605