IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN125001
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN125001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK8101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23523
  • 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: 38.3136333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0735472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 300 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Struben and Crafton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/27/1981 (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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    40

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81011
    B1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 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 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81012
    B21T—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81013
    B22T—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81014
    B3—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81015
    CR—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81016