IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN135040
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN135040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RA7940
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23476
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.2976222
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8281167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet west and 900 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Pearson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1979 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79401
    A3—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79402
    B1TG—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79403
    B21TG—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79404
    B22TG—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); gray (N 5/0) loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79405
    B23TG—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79406
    B3G—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79407
    C1—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79408
    C2—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79409