IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN141003
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN141003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SA6903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22346
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.5856556
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2873000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 345 feet south and 20 feet west of the northeast corner NW1/4 of the SW1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Persinger and Benton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69031
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69032
    B21T—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69033
    B22T—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # SA69034
    B23T—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69035
    B31—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69036
    B32—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SA69037
    C—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; massive; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # SA69038