IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN159002
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN159002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TN7702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22754
  • 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: 40.3187972
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9946833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 50 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN159—Tipton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pirtle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, 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 - Mahalasville
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1977 (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); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TN77021
    A12—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77022
    B21TG—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 3 percent distinct olive (5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77023
    B22TG—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77024
    B23TG—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77025
    B3—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TN77026
    C—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TN77027