IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN169010
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN169010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22494
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.7074750
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8635472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet south and 631 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Landrum
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1975
  • 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: 7/16/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB75101
    A2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75102
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on horizontal faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75103
    B21T—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75104
    B22T—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on horizontal faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75105
    B23T—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings and 21 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB75106
    B3—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # WB75107
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings and 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # WB75108