IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN093008
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN093008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LW8008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23403
  • 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: 38.8402417
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5513611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet east and 2260 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN093—Lawrence

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/6/1979 (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 yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LW80081
    B21T—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LW80082
    B22T—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW80083
    B23T—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW80084
    B24T—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; strong very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW80085
    C1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW80086
    C2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW80087
    C3—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW80088
    C4—157 to 173 centimeters (61.8 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # LW80089