IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN165001
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN165001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 39.7321056
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5213167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet and 2400 feet south of the NW corner.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN165—Vermillion
  • MLRA: 111A—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Central Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN165—Vermillion County, Indiana
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robbins, Robards, Neely
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits and/or loess and/or till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/2020 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Stephens, Norm
  • Air Photo ID: 60
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    25—132

    25—152

    —25—

    —107—

    —127—

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    18

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU78121
    A2—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; 11 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU78122
    Btg1—31 to 51 centimeters (12.2 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many (5.0) fine roots throughout; many (5.0) fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU78123. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1820619; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1820619
    Bt2—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; common (2.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU78123. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1820616; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1820616
    2Bt3—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few (1.0) fine roots between peds; few (1.0) fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, ferromagnesian minerals with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU78126. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1820613; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1820613
    2Cg—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) broken face loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter basalt fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # RU78127