IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007IN135004
  • User Pedon ID: S2007IN135004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19672
  • 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: 40.2503586
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1493988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4, SE1/4, SE1/4
  • Location Description: Wooded site on the Purdue-Davis Agronomy Farm.
  • Map Unit: MuB—Morley silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN135—Randolph County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40085-C2—Redkey, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stephens, Norm
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial modified diamicton
  • Landscape: ground moraine till plain
  • Landform: glaciofluvial diamicton rise
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    strongly coherent

    162 - 203

    - 100 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    38—105

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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

    3

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    294

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    7

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01524; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silt loam; 10 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01525; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silty clay loam; 15 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01526; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405366; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405366; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405367
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint irregular mottles; strong medium subangular blocky parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; 5.0 medium roots in cracks and 5.0 fine roots in cracks; 5 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01527; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405369; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405369
    2Bt2—53 to 82 centimeters (20.9 to 32.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face clay; 28 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 90 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout and 24 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-5-76 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 1 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-20-76 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01528; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 405370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405371; continuous - phpvsfiid 405370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405371
    2Bt3—82 to 97 centimeters (32.3 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face clay loam; 35 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on top faces of peds and 50 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate, finely disseminated with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate, finely disseminated with clear boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores; 1 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-20-76 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01529; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 405373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405372; continuous - phpvsfiid 405373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405372
    2Bt4—97 to 105 centimeters (38.2 to 41.3 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face clay loam; 20 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 7 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on top faces of peds and 20 percent prominent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-76 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 1 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-20-76 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01530; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 405374; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405375; continuous - phpvsfiid 405374; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405375
    2Cd—105 to 118 centimeters (41.3 to 46.5 inches); 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face and 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face clay loam; 20 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct irregular mottles; strong thick platy parts to structureless massive; very hard, very firm; 5 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on top faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-5-76 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-76 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 08N01531; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405376; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405376