IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Johnsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2015IN037004
  • User Pedon ID: 2015IN037004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5307
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42554
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.4518920
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6826460
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 620 feet south and 200 feet east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 3 miles south and 4 miles east of Crystal.
  • Map Unit: JoA—Johnsburg silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN037—Dubois
  • MLRA: 120B—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN037—Dubois County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-D6—Cuzco, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Wingard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnsburg
  • PSC - 28 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/2015
  • Classifier - Steve Neyhouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Classifier - Wingard and Sanders
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty noncalcareous loess over residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Seelyville, Buffalville, Lower Block, Lead Creek member of the Staunton, Brazil, Mansfield formation in the Racoon Creek Group group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/31/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Neyhouse
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    157 - 182

    - 25 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithic contact

    0—20

    28—157

    56—157

    99—157

    157—182

    —20—

    —129—

    —101—

    —58—

    —25—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    —

    —

    220

    —

    1207

    —

    181

    12.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    IN2309

    Dubois S IN Forage Farm

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent fine weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39907; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine moderately coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39908; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39909; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394071
    Bt2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39910; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394073; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394074; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394073; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394074
    Btx1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 21 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39911, 40A39912; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394075; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394077; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394075; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394077
    Btx2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39913, 40A39914; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394078; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394079; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394080; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394078; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394079; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394080
    2Btx3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; very strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and thin pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on surfaces along pores; 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-10-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39915, 40A39916; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394089; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394084; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394081; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394089; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394084; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394081
    2Btx4—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; very strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and thin light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on surfaces along pores and thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume , 15 percent by weight flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-151 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39917; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394087; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394088; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394087; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394088; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394086
    2R—157 to 182 centimeters (61.8 to 71.7 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small