IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkinsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN137Elkinsville_OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 2017IN137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI8001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23150
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 38.9970590
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1796780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1690 feet south and 1370 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • Location Description: Laughery Creek
  • Map Unit: EkB—Elkinsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley
  • MLRA: 114A—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain, Eastern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN137—Ripley County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kendall McWilliams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkinsville
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/15/2017
  • Classifier - Steve neyhouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkinsville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Classifier - Ken McWilliams
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess over loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Alluvium member of the Alluvium formation in the Quaternary group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/2017 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Neyhouse
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—147

    61—203

    —23—

    —124—

    —142—
    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

    4

    —

    —

    207

    —

    1071

    —

    193

    12.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    Cincinnati Luken AP 061

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80011; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80012; moist when described;
    Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80013; moist when described;
    2Bt3—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80014; moist when described;
    2Bt4—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80015; moist when described;
    2Bt5—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80016; moist when described;
    2CB—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; structureless massive; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, sand coats between sand grains; 3 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80017; moist when described;
    2C—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; structureless massive; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # RI80018; moist when described;