IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sylvan
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1973IN129002
User Pedon ID:
1973IN065002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
Purdue
Lab Pedon # -
PS7302
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
22423
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
38.0718333
Std. Longitude:
-87.9320833
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
5S
Range:
14W
Section:
24
PLSS Details:
2310 feet west and 1073 feet north of the southwest corner of
Map Unit:
SyB3—Sylvan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, severely eroded
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:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sylvan
Classificaton Date -
3/27/2009
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sylvan
Classificaton Date -
1/15/1974
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
loess hill
Drainage Class:
well
Geology:
Wisconsin formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
1/15/1974 (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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
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AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very coarse granular parts to weak very coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73021
B21T—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73022
B22T—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73023
B3T—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73024
C1—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS73025
C2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt; massive; very friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # PS73026