IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Avonburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN005001
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BA7001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22272
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.1342917
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9816806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet west and 70 feet north of the southeast corner SW1/4 of the NW1/4
  • Map Unit: AddA—Avonburg silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN005—Bartholomew
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN005—Bartholomew County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Brownfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin loess over Illinois till
  • Landform: till plain on flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin/illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1970 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    0—18

    46—381

    46—160

    69—190

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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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA70011
    Ag2—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA70012
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent gray (N 6/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 21 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # BA70013
    2Btx1—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 25 percent gray (N 6/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA70014
    2Btx2—99 to 160 centimeters (39.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse platy parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 25 percent gray (N 6/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA70015
    2B31—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA70016
    2BC2—190 to 381 centimeters (74.8 to 150.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA70017
    2C—381 to 406 centimeters (150.0 to 159.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # BA70018