IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Avonburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN047001
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FR8101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23614
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 39.3228389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2205111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1760 feet east and 150 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN047—Franklin
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively and Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, sand coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR81011
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, sand coats; 3 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FR81012
    B21T—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, sand coats and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FR81013
    B22T—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, sand coats and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FR81014
    BX1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FR81015
    BX21—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # FR81016
    BX22—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1. Lab sample # FR81017
    BX31—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FR81018
    BX32—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1. Lab sample # FR81019
    BX33—165 to 190 centimeters (65.0 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # FR810110
    BX34—190 to 216 centimeters (74.8 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # FR810111