IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carmel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN077008
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN077008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7808
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23120
  • 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: 38.7753917
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2224806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 325 feet west and 2600 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Villars
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carmel
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carmel
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 12/19/1978 (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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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF78081
    B21T—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF78082
    B22T—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78083
    B23T—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78084
    B24T—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78085
    B3T—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist,; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78086
    C—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery clay; massive; 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # JF78087
    CR—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # JF78088