IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Switzerland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN137010
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN137010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI7810
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23057
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.1042528
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1296917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 370 feet east and 180 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc williams and Stephenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1978 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78101
    B21T—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78102
    B22T—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # RI78103
    B23T—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78104
    B24T—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78105
    B25T—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78106
    B3T—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78107
    CR1—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # RI78108