IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palms
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: gravelly substratum
  • User Site ID: 1978IN085005
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN085005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23001
  • Print Date: 5/8/2024

    • 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: 41.4164056
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6776500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1330 feet east and 75 feet north of the center
  • Location Description: Turkey Creek Township
  • Map Unit: Pb—Palms muck, gravelly substratum, drained
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN085—Kosciusko County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-D6—Lake Wawasee, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry R. Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • PSC - 71 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/19/2017
  • Classifier - Jonathan Diaz Cruz
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan organic material over Wisconsinan loamy outwash over Wisconsinan sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Larry R. Staley
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—71

    0—203

    91—203

    107—203

    —71—

    —203—

    —112—

    —96—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

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    262.9

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    Oap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; muck; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO78051
    Oa1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (N 2/0) muck; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO78052
    Oa2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) muck; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78053
    Oa3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) muck; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO78054
    Cg1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) loam; massive; firm; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78055
    Cg2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; massive; very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78056
    2Cg3—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 40 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO78057
    2Cg4—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 35 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # KO78058