IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN055025
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN055025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GN7925
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23669
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 38.9637250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1281361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/1979 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GN79251
    B21T—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79252
    B22T—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79253
    B3—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats and 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN79254
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # GN79255