IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974IN181011
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN181011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WH7411
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22522
  • 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: 40.8632083
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7417444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet east and 550 feet north of the center of
  • Location Description: White Township
  • Map Unit: OwA—Owosso fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN181—White
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN181—White County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Langlois and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash over coarse-loamy till
  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R111XC010IN Well Drained Overflow Apr 22 2024 Devon Brodie

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Langlois and Osterholz
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    206.6

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WH74111
    B21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74112
    B22—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74113
    B23T—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74114
    B3—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74115
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WH74116