IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rensselaer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IN089001
  • User Pedon ID: S1991IN089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1171
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64207
  • 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: 41.2080574
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3477783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1420 feet E and 2060 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: wind erosion study site.
  • Map Unit: Rn—Rensselaer loam, sandy substratum
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN089—Lake
  • 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: IN089—Lake County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-B3—Shelby, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • PSC - 34 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 34 to 57 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits derived from mixed-noncalcareous and/or outwash derived from mixed-noncalcareous and/or sandy lacustrine deposits derived from mixed-noncalcareous
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    reduced matrix

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    reduced matrix

    0—25

    25—200

    34—57

    34—110

    57—

    160—200

    —25—

    —175—

    —23—

    —76—

    —-

    —40—
    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

    0

    0

    194.7

    —

    225

    1001

    —

    —

    9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed noncalcareous fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07788
    Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed noncalcareous fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07789
    BAg—25 to 34 centimeters (9.8 to 13.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07790
    Btg1—34 to 46 centimeters (13.4 to 18.1 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07791
    Btg2—46 to 57 centimeters (18.1 to 22.4 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07792
    Cg1—57 to 70 centimeters (22.4 to 27.6 inches); sand; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07793
    Cg2—70 to 89 centimeters (27.6 to 35.0 inches); sand; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07794
    Cg3—89 to 110 centimeters (35.0 to 43.3 inches); sand; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07795
    C—110 to 160 centimeters (43.3 to 63.0 inches); sand; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07796
    Cg4—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); sand; fragments. Lab sample # 91P07797