IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN101003
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN101003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT8103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23531
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.7435500
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7494056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2380 feet east and 400 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcelrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/1981
  • 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: 7/13/1981 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT81031
    BT1—13 to 53 centimeters (5.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; strong medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT81032
    BT2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT81033
    BC—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT81034
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # MT81035