IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN077001
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7601
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22819
  • Print Date: 5/1/2025

    • 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: 38.7572889
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4097222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet west and 1580 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Hamilton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76011
    B1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76012
    B21T—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76013
    BX1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76014
    BX2—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76015
    B3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # JF76016