IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN053001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GT7701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22665
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.4996833
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5675056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 990 feet south and 110 feet east of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN053—Grant

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pirtle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GT77011
    A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT77012
    B21T—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT77013
    B22T—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT77014
    B23T—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT77015
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # GT77016