IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN155008
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN155008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SW8108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23670
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 38.7633167
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0932917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet north and 1900 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN155—Switzerland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Stephenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81081
    BT11—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81082
    BT12—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81083
    BT21—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81084
    BT22—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81085
    BT23—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81086
    BT3—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81087
    BT4—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81088
    C—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; massive; very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # SW81089