IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN017002
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CS7502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22792
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 40.6350889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2088306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet west and 50 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN017—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Douglas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Patton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1975 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75021
    B21G—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75022
    B22G—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75023
    B3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 70 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75024
    C1—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 70 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75025
    C2—107 to 163 centimeters (42.1 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; massive; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75026
    C3—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; massive; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # CS75027