IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Switzerland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN077009
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN077009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7909
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23295
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.8192861
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3176333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet north and 1500 feet east of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Switzerland
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1979
  • 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: 8/15/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79091
    B1T—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79092
    B21T—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79093
    B22T—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79094
    B23T—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79095
    B24T—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak coarse angular 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 brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF79096
    B3—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; massive; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF79097
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay; massive; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # JF79098