IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN053001
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GT7901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23101
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.5983778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8588861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet east and 1320 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN053—Grant

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Franzmeier and Pirtle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: 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 - 11/2/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1979 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GT79011
    B21T—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct weak red (2.5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT79012
    B22T—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct weak red (2.5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT79013
    B3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT79014
    C1—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; very firm; 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT79015
    C2—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; very firm; 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT79016