IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN005004
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BA7004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22327
  • 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: 39.3275111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7037722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 70 feet south and 130 feet east northwest cornernorthwest 1/4 of the southwest 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN005—Bartholomew

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Howell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BA70041
    A2—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # BA70042
    B21T—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats and 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # BA70043
    B22T—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent , moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA70044
    B3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BA70045
    C—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # BA70046