IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN175004
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN175004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WS8104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23671
  • 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: 38.7677500
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0927194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet west and 2550 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN175—Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robards and Wade
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 7/16/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WS81041
    B1T—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81042
    B2T—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81043
    B2T—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81044
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81045
    C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # WS81046
    C2—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WS81047
    C2—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # WS81048