IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN015006
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN015006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CA8406
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23860
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet east and 2200 feet of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN015—Carroll
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jensen and Braun
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/2008 (entry creation 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CA84061
    BT1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84062
    BT2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84063
    BT3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84064
    BT4—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84065
    BT5—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84066
    BCT—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84067
    C1—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA84068
    C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # CA84069