IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN059001
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN059001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HN7101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22358
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.9151417
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8043139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet south and 280 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN059—Hancock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Huffman and Ruesch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsville
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71011
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71012
    B21T—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71013
    B22T—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71014
    B23T—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71015
    B24T—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71016
    B3—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71017
    C—127 to 206 centimeters (50.0 to 81.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; single grain; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # HN71018