IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN079004
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN079004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JE7004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22406
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.9840611
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6252667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet south and 1400 feet east of the northwest cornerNW1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN079—Jennings

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Hosteter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JE70041
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JE70042
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JE70043
    B21T—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JE70044
    B22T—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JE70045
    BX1T—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JE70046
    BX1T—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); silt loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # JE70047
    BX2T—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JE70048
    BX3T—157 to 196 centimeters (61.8 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JE70049
    B3T—196 to 216 centimeters (77.2 to 85.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JE700410
    C—216 to 328 centimeters (85.0 to 129.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # JE700411