IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clermont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979IN031001
  • User Pedon ID: 79IN031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0256
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46989
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 39.2744446
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4347229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 640 meters E and 427 meters S of NW corner
  • Location Description: Atlas 32.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS JLS GLH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clermont
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clermont
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    0—24

    84—96

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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

    0

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    284

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    1Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01348. common fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR61 mottles
    1A2—24 to 38 centimeters (9.4 to 15.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior silt loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01349. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine roots
    1B1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 11 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01350. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214141; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214141
    1B21t—64 to 96 centimeters (25.2 to 37.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 11 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01351. Common thick 2.5 cm gray (10YR 6/1) filled crayfish chennels.; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214143; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214143
    1Bx1—96 to 145 centimeters (37.8 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and gray (10YR 6/1), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01352. Common thick 2.5 cm gray (10YR 6/1) filled crayfish channels. Horizon subdivided for Purdue lab 38 to 48 matrix and silt coats and 48 to 57 matrix and silt coats. Horion is about 50 % brittle.; many fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214145; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214146; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214145; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214146
    1Bx2—145 to 235 centimeters (57.1 to 92.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.1 fine roots between peds; gray (N 6/0), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01353. About 70 % brittle. Few thick 2.5 cm gray (10YR 6/1) filled crayfish channels. Horizon subdivided for Purdue lab 57 to 67 67 to 76 76 to 85 and 85 to 90.; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; very few fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214147; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214147
    2B22t—235 to 296 centimeters (92.5 to 116.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Not sampled. Horizon was split for Purdue lab 90 to 109 and 109 to 114.; many fine distinct 5Y61 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 214148; continuous - phpvsfiid 214148
    2B23t—296 to 326 centimeters (116.5 to 128.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Not sampled.; many fine distinct 5Y61 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 214149; continuous - phpvsfiid 214149
    2B24t—326 to 364 centimeters (128.3 to 143.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Not sampled. Horizon split for Purdue lab 126 to 133 and 133 to 141.; many fine distinct 5Y61 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 214150; continuous - phpvsfiid 214150