IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gessie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN017004
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN017004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CS7604
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22717
  • 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: 40.7283056
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5085611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2310 feet south and 247 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN017—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Strenger and Douglas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, calcareous, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gessie
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gessie
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76041
    C1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CS76042
    C2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76043
    C3—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS76044
    C4—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # CS76045