IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN169007
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN169007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22493
  • 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: 40.7563944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8198000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1180 feet north and 2500 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Landrum and Langer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1975 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB75071
    B21T—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75072
    B22T—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75073
    B23T—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75074
    B3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75075
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; massive; firm; 3 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WB75076