IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157012
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8412
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23759
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.4350611
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7289722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1060 feet east and 1060 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wolf and Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1984
  • 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: 9/12/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # TI84121
    BT1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # TI84122
    BT2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # TI84123
    BT3—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # TI84124
    BT4—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # TI84125
    BT5—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # TI84126
    BT6—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 6 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # TI84127
    C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 6 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TI84128