IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN155007
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN155007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SW8107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23699
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.7401722
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1851972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south and 1500 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN155—Switzerland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Stephenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81071
    BT1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81072
    BT2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81073
    BTX1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81074
    BTX2—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81075
    BTX3—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81076
    BTX4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81077
    B'T1—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81078
    B'T2—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # SW81079