IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN091003
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN091003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LP7403
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22451
  • 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: 41.6440722
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9251944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet west and 120 feet south of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN091—La Porte

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Smallwood
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LP74031
    B22TG—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent olive (5Y 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP74032
    B23TG—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent greenish gray (5G 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP74033
    B24TG—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct greenish gray (5BG 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP74034
    B25TG—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, sand coats and 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct greenish gray (5G 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 8 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP74035
    B3TG—81 to 142 centimeters (31.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, sand coats; 1 percent distinct greenish gray (5G 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP74036
    CG—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; firm; 35 percent pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist, sand coats; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct greenish gray (5G 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # LP74037