IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157008
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8408
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23862
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.4685472
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9858556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1070 feet east and 200 feet north of the center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Franzmeier and Mcghee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/14/1984 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84081
    BT1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # TI84082
    BT2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # TI84083
    BT3—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # TI84084
    BC1—104 to 160 centimeters (40.9 to 63.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # TI84085
    BC2—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # TI84086
    C—183 to 201 centimeters (72.0 to 79.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # TI84087