IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coloma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IN149002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IN149002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7602
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22679
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.1959639
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7460417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 180 feet east and 825 feet north of the center
  • Location Description: Wayne Township
  • Map Unit: ChB—Coloma sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, nonspodic minor components
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN149—Starke County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-B6—Denham, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Barnes and Jerry Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1976
  • Classifier - Barnes & Heltsley
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin eolian sands
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: James Barnes and Jerry Heltsley
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—25

    51—152

    —25—

    —101—
    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

    2

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    215.9

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    979

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR76021
    Bw—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR76022
    E&Bt (Bt)—51 to 152 centimeters (20.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # SR76024
    E&Bt (E)—51 to 152 centimeters (20.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # SR76023