IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN033001
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DK7501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22562
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 1300 feet west of the northeast corner of
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN033—De Kalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fischer and Jensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1975 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DK75011
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75012
    B21T—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75013
    B22T—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75014
    B3—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DK75015
    C—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds and 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # DK75016