IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN035008
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN035008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0096
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67114
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 40.3094444
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2477798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet north and 2575 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN035—Delaware County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40085-C2—Redkey, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Struben, B. Hosteter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glynwood
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: end moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS21
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—76

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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

    2

    23

    6.1

    294

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    225

    1016

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 8.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00615
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00616. continuous - phpvsfiid 186561; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186585; continuous - phpvsfiid 186561; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186585
    2Bt2—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00617. continuous - phpvsfiid 186562; continuous - phpvsfiid 186562
    2BCt—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00618. continuous - phpvsfiid 186591; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186563; continuous - phpvsfiid 186591; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186563
    3C—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior stratified very fine sand to silty clay loam; massive, and weak coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 65 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00619. continuous - phpvsfiid 186592; continuous - phpvsfiid 186592
    4Cd—102 to 211 centimeters (40.2 to 83.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; very firm; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 65 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses in cracks; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00621. Large prisms, 12 to 24 inches wide, have horizontal fracture planes, 2 to 4 inches apart, with thin carbonate and clay coatings.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186548; continuous - phpvsfiid 186546; continuous - phpvsfiid 186547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186548; continuous - phpvsfiid 186546; continuous - phpvsfiid 186547