IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RENSSELAER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN039006
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN039006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993IN039006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0694
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66037
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.4824982
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9955521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1257 feet N and 3042 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex A. Brock, Deb Jimison, Don Franzmeier, and Shane L. McBurnett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RENSSELAER
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 24210
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—132

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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

    1

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    264

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    864

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    10

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04788; moist when described;
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse granular structure; firm; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04789; moist when described;
    AB—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04790; moist when described;
    Btg1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04791; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175919; continuous - phpvsfiid 175919
    Btg2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04792; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175920; continuous - phpvsfiid 175920
    2Bt1—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04793; moist when described;
    2Bt2—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04794; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175921; continuous - phpvsfiid 175921
    2BC—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine and medium distinct and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04795; moist when described;
    3BC—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04796; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175922; continuous - phpvsfiid 175922
    3C—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; slow permeability; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P04797; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175923; continuous - phpvsfiid 175923