IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN081002
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JO7102
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.5494333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0102833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN081—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sturm
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 11/11/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JO71021
    A12—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JO71022
    B21TG—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JO71023
    B22TG—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JO71024
    B23TG—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # JO71025
    C1—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # JO71026
    C2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; loose; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # JO71027