IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bartle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN005001
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BA6901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22274
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 39.1766667
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0025722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 855 feet east and 170 feet south of the northwest corner (NW1/4) of the SW1/4
  • Map Unit: Ba—Bartle silt loam
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN005—Bartholomew
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN005—Bartholomew County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brownfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bartle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bartle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian outwash
  • Landform: river terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    48 - 165

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—20

    48—165

    48—165

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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

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69011
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak platy structure; friable; 10 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA69012
    BE—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 21 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # BA69013
    Btgx1—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69014
    Btgx2—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69015
    Btx—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 21 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69016
    BC—165 to 244 centimeters (65.0 to 96.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA69017
    C—244 to 254 centimeters (96.1 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # BA69018