IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN179009
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN179009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8509
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23895
  • 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: 40.8358583
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3184056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet west and 1750 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nelly and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/1985 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85091
    BTG1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85092
    BTG2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85093
    BG—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85094
    BCG—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85095
    CG1—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85096
    CG2—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85097
    C1—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85098
    C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # WE85099