IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ayrshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN125021
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN125021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK7921
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23093
  • 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: 38.5347333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1991361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet east and 1500 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neyhouse and Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrshire
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrshire
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: broad interstream divide, flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1979 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # PK79211
    A2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse massive parts to weak coarse platy; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79212
    B1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79213
    B21T—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK79214
    B21T—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK79215
    B22T—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79216
    C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; massive; friable; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # PK79217