IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Avonburg
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1976IN077002
User Pedon ID:
1976IN077002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
Purdue
Lab Pedon # -
JF7602
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
22651
Print Date:
2/17/2025
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:
38.7594611
Std. Longitude:
-85.4081417
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
4N
Range:
10E
Section:
28
PLSS Details:
600 feet west and 2370 feet north of the southeast CORNER
State:
Indiana
County:
IN077—Jefferson
PEDON
Describers Name:
Nickell and Hamilton
Current Taxonomic Class:
Mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Avonburg
Classificaton Date -
3/27/2009
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Avonburg
Classificaton Date -
4/5/1976
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
flat on till plain
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
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
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Upslope Length
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MAP
REAP
FFD
MAAT
MSAT
MWAT
MAST
MSST
MWST
MFFP
PE Index
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Climate Station Name
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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; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76021
B21T—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76022
B22T—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76023
BX—76 to 145 centimeters (29.9 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76024
B3T—145 to 196 centimeters (57.1 to 77.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # JF76025