IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN009003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BL7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22898
  • 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: 40.4803417
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4395361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet east and 325 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN009—Blackford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kluess and Hartman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/12/1978 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BL78031
    A12—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL78032
    B21T—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL78033
    B22T—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL78034
    B3T—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL78035
    C1—89 to 135 centimeters (35.0 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL78036
    C2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate coarse platy structure; very firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # BL78037