IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taftown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN051005
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN051005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23735
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.3698222
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5484250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet west and 100 feet south of the center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jones and Mcwilliams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Taftown
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baldhill
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/15/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt; weak very coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85051
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; weak very coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85052
    BT1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # GB85053
    BT2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85054
    BT3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # GB85055
    BT4—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85056
    BT5—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85057
    BT6—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB85058
    BT7—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # GB85059