IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN021023
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN021023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CL7723
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22720
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.4149583
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9439250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 75 feet north of the southeast cornerFO
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN021—Clay

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Neely
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL77231
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL77232
    B1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL77233
    B21T—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL77234
    B22T—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films 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 # CL77235
    B3T—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL77236
    C—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL77237
    CR—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) bedrock; fragments.