IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Switzerland
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1981IN155010
User Pedon ID:
1981IN155010
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
Purdue
Lab Pedon # -
SW8110
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
23706
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
38.7552639
Std. Longitude:
-85.1405722
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
2N
Range:
3W
Section:
18
PLSS Details:
750 feet west and 1450 feet south of the northeast corner
State:
Indiana
County:
IN155—Switzerland
PEDON
Describers Name:
Nickell and Stephenson
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty over clayey, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon #:
10
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Switzerland
Classificaton Date -
3/27/2009
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Switzerland
Classificaton Date -
8/13/1981
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
ridge
Drainage Class:
well
Geology:
Wisconsin formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/13/1981 (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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
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AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81101
BT1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81102
BT2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81103
BT2—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81104
BT3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81105
BT4—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81106
BC—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81107
C—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81108
2CR—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); fragments.