IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970IN167005
  • User Pedon ID: 1970IN167005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - VI7005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22329
  • 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: 39.5855306
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4824389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2610 feet north and 420 feet west of the southesast corner
  • Location Description: 75 feet south and 420 feet west of the northeast corner of the SE 1/4 of the section
  • Map Unit: Fn—Fincastle silt loam, Bloomington Ridged Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN167—Vigo
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN167—Vigo County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39087-E4—New Goshen, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Montgomery
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1971
  • Classifier - Sanders and Montgomery
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1971 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    densic contact

    0—30

    30—86

    86—86

    140—140

    —30—

    —56—

    —0—

    —0—
    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

    1

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    195

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # VI70051
    BE—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 3 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70052
    Bt1—30 to 76 centimeters (11.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70053
    Bt2—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 21 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70054
    2BCt—86 to 140 centimeters (33.9 to 55.1 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # VI70055
    2Cd—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # VI70056