IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ayrshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN167003
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN167003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VI6903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22273
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.5836917
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2513194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 440 feet east and 480 feet north of the southwest cornerNE1/4 SW1/4
  • Map Unit: Ay—Ayrshire fine sandy loam
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN167—Vigo
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN167—Vigo County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Montgomery and Rivera
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrshire
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrshire
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: sand dune
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—137

    53—97

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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

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VI69031
    BA—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69032
    Btg1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69033
    Btg2—53 to 97 centimeters (20.9 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent clay films on faces of peds; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69034
    Btg3—53 to 97 centimeters (20.9 to 38.2 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # VI69035
    BC—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI69036
    C—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # VI69037