IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sylvan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973IN129001
  • User Pedon ID: 1973IN065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PS7301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22422
  • 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: 38.0587972
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9513139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1568 feet north and 2310 feet east of the southwest corner of
  • Map Unit: SyF—Sylvan silt loam, 18 to 40 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN129—Posey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN129—Posey County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvan
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    35

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73011
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular parts to weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73012
    B21T—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73013
    B22T—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73014
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # PS73015