IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Switzerland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN029001
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DB7401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22618
  • 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: 39.2553583
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9604944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet east and 2480 feet north of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN029—Dearborn

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Nickell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 4/23/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DB74011
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB74012
    B21T—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB74013
    B22T—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB74014
    B23T—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB74015
    B24T—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent , moist, sand coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB74016
    B3—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # DB74017
    C—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay; massive; very firm; 1 percent pale olive (5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # DB74018
    R—160 centimeters (63.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.