IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ayrshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN083003
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN083003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7603
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22447
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8945833
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3915861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2610 feet south and 110 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrshire
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrshire
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/7/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76031
    A2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76032
    B1G—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, sand coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76033
    B21TG—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76034
    B22TG—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76035
    B3—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76036
    C—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # KX76037