IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN157038
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN157038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8538
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23861
  • 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: 40.5563139
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9044278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, northwest 1/4,
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ebinger and Schulze
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Alfic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 38
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1985
  • 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: 11/3/1985 (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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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85381
    E—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85382
    BA—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 35 percent , moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85383
    BT1—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85384
    BT2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85385
    BT3—69 to 122 centimeters (27.2 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85386
    BC—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; massive; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI85387
    C1—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI85388
    C2—170 to 254 centimeters (66.9 to 100.0 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silt loam; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # TI85389