IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN179008
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN179008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23894
  • 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: 40.6957778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2239444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet west and 900 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1985 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; mucky loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85081
    AB—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85082
    BTG1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85083
    BTG2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85084
    BCG—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85085
    CG1—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films and 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85086
    CG2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak very coarse platy structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # WE85087