IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Switzerland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN029004
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DB7504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22619
  • 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: 39.2567583
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9605333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet west and 350 feet north of the center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN029—Dearborn

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Buller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1975
  • 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: 8/20/1975 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DB75041
    B+A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB75042
    B21T—28 to 69 centimeters (11.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB75043
    B22T—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB75044
    B23T—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine prismatic structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent , moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB75045
    B24T—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent , moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DB75046
    C1—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; massive; firm; 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DB75047
    CR—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silty clay; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # DB75048