IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ayr
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN007026
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN007026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BE8126
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23482
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.6041417
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3545833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1980 feet east and 1240 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN007—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Plank
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayr
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayr variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1981 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BE81261
    BW—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE81262
    BT1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # BE81263
    BT2—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE81264
    BT3—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # BE81265
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # BE81266