IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carmel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978IN137009
  • User Pedon ID: 78IN137009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46218
  • 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: 39.1386528
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1124344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 496 meters N and 22 meters E of SW corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, vermiculitic, mesic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carmel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, vermiculitic, mesic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00168. common very fine and fine roots
    1B1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00169. common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213930; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213930
    2B21t—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00170. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common fine prominent 5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 213931; continuous - phpvsfiid 213931
    2B22t—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00171. Concretions in upper 4 inches. Slickensides 2 to 6 inches wide.; many manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 213933; continuous - phpvsfiid 213933
    2B3t—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00172. Presssure faces 1 to 2 inches. Common rounded sand grains.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213935; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213935
    2C1—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint and 30 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00173. Few small shale fragments. 10% limestone frags.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; many medium prominent 5Y63 mottles; common fine faint 10YR54 mottles
    2C2—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior stratified silty clay to silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 11 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P00174. Few small shale and limestone fragments. 40% limestone frags. Concretions are black.; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles