IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sylvan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN083010
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN083010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22841
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 9W
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet northwest and 1300 feet southwest of the east corner Donation 204
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Tuszynski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvan
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvan
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: loess hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1976 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76101
    A2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76102
    B21T—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76103
    B22T—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, sand coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76104
    B3—66 to 74 centimeters (26.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76105
    C—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # KX76106