IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN181007
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN181007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WH7507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22603
  • 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: 40.7376722
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6854694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2050 feet west and 225 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN181—White

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sinclair and Langlois
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/1975
  • 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: 3/25/1975 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WH75071
    A12—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 1 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75072
    B21TG—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (N 4/0), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75073
    B22TG—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75074
    B3G—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent faint olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75075
    CG—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # WH75076