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: 11/11/2024

    • 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
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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