IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN055025
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN055025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GN8025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23695
  • 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: 39.1031194
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9952694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1980 feet west and 175 feet south center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Hill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/1980
  • 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: 9/4/1980 (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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GN80251
    A12—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80252
    B1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80253
    B21TG—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80254
    B22TG—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80255
    B22TG—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80256
    B23TG—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80257
    B3—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80258
    C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # GN80259