IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Granby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: bog iron ore horizon
  • User Site ID: S1977IN149005
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IN149005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23202
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.3394778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6023028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2415 feet east and 210 feet north of the center
  • Location Description: Center Township
  • Map Unit: Mn—Maumee variant loamy sand
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-C5—Knox East, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aeric Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2017
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maumee
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Barnes and 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

    endosaturation

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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    0—25

    25—152

    25—152

    38—152

    38—61

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    —25—

    —127—

    —127—

    —114—

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    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

    1

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    212.4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77051
    Bsc—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77052
    Cg1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # SR77053
    Cg2—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77054
    Cg3—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # SR77055