IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN101007
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN101007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT8007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23522
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.7211139
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8779917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet east and 1590 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tuszynski and Mcelrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 9/4/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80071
    10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); silt loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # MT80072
    B1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80073
    B21T—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80074
    B22T—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80075
    C—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80076