IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN181019
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN181019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WH7519
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23267
  • 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: 40.7990611
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8887028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1350 feet north and 700 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN181—White

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Langlois and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1975
  • 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: 7/28/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WH75191
    B2TG—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent black (N 2/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent black (N 2/0), moist, organic stains; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75192
    B3TG—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); gray (N 5/0) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent black (N 2/0), moist, clay films and 70 percent black (N 2/0), moist, organic stains; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75193
    C1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films and 35 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75194
    C2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75195
    C3—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; single grain; loose; 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH75196
    C4—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) very fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WH75197