IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IN051007
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IN051007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8207
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23791
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.4322722
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4636583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 10W
  • PLSS Details: 3130 feet north and 40 feet west of the southeast corner Section 125
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: loess hill
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/29/1982 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82071
    BT1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82072
    BT2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82073
    BT2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82074
    BT3—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82075
    BC—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82076
    C—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 21 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # GB82077