IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Cincinnati
OSD
Series Extent
Local Phase:
severely eroded
User Site ID:
2017IN143001
User Pedon ID:
2017IN143001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
91P0107
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
63154
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:
38.6175003
Std. Longitude:
-85.5774994
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
2N
Range:
8E
Section:
18
PLSS Details:
320 feet E and 550 feet S of the NW corner
Location Description:
Scott County, IN
State:
Indiana
County:
IN143—Scott
MLRA:
114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
PEDON
Describers Name:
Byron Nagel, Allan Nickell
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
15
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Cincinnati
PSC -
20 to 61 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/14/2015
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
oxyaquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Cincinnati
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalf
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1990
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside or mountainside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
nose slope
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/10/2017 (entry creation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
fragipan
0—20
20—20
61—188
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—-
—-
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
7
—
—
207
—
225
109
—
—
12
23
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 85 percent brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; medium subangular blocky, and medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00613; dry when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
Bt—20 to 61 centimeters (7.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00614; dry when described;. many clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1412473; continuous - phpvsfiid 1412473
2Btx1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00615; dry when described;. many clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412475
2Btx2—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 37 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00616; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412476; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412476
2Btx3—130 to 188 centimeters (51.2 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; coarse prismatic structure; firm; 37 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00617; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1412477; continuous - phpvsfiid 1412477
3Bt—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; 37 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 91P00618; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412478; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1412478