IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN031030
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN031030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22713
  • 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: 39.2452194
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6207056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 480 feet east and 1500 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henderson and Shively
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1976
  • 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: 11/17/1976 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC76301
    A2—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76302
    B21T—25 to 69 centimeters (9.8 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76303
    B22T—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 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; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76304
    B3T—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 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; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76305
    C—137 to 218 centimeters (53.9 to 85.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # DC76306