IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Avonburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN137001
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI7801
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23089
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.2141000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1522750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet south and 365 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams and Anderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Fragiaquults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1978 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78011
    B1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78012
    B2TG—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI78013
    BX1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI78014
    BX2—86 to 203 centimeters (33.9 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # RI78015