IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN015005
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CA8505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23877
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 40.4382250
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6109389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet east and 2430 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN015—Carroll

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Braun and Jensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsville
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinsville variant
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1985 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CA85051
    BT1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85052
    BT2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85053
    BT3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85054
    BT4—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85055
    BT5—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85056
    BT6—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85057
    BT7—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85058
    BT8—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA85059
    BT9—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA850510
    BCT—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CA850511
    C—150 to 152 centimeters (59.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # CA850512