IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clermont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IN031001
  • User Pedon ID: 84IN031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0782
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55025
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.2792091
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3763351
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Greensburg quadrangle.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Nickell and B. Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fragic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clermont
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cobbsfork
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Ochraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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—13

    30—132

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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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    —

    300

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04384. many fine roots
    1E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04385. few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 230308; continuous - phpvsfiid 230308
    1Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 37 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04386. common iron stains surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230309
    1Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04387. Clay skins are flows on vertical faces.; common fine roots; many fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 230310; patchy - phpvsfiid 230310
    1Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04388. Clay flows are silty clay loam.; few medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine and medium roots; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; few medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230311; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230311
    1Bt4—84 to 132 centimeters (33.1 to 52.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04389. Clay skins are flows and silty clay loam.; common fine and medium roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230312; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230312
    2Bx—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine and medium roots; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04390. Gray colors are silty clay loam clay flows.; few fine and medium roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR61 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 10YR71 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217641
    2BC—170 to 218 centimeters (66.9 to 85.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) coarse prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04391. Consistence is firm in gray.; few medium and coarse roots; many coarse prominent 10YR61 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217642; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217643; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217642; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217643
    2C1—218 to 254 centimeters (85.8 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 15 percent , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; 30 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04392. Gray is silty clay loam.; many medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; very few fine and medium roots; many coarse prominent 10YR61 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    3Btb—254 to 290 centimeters (100.0 to 114.2 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 40 percent gray (N 6/0) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine and medium roots; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04393. Truncated buried paleosol.; many medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; very few fine and medium roots
    3C2—290 to 325 centimeters (114.2 to 128.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam, loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04394. This is Ruhe's pedisediment. Compact part is firm other is friable.; common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few fine and medium roots; common medium distinct 10YR61 mottles; many medium distinct 10YR66 mottles
    4C4—325 to 345 centimeters (128.0 to 135.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loam; 11 percent dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) medium prominent mottles; massive; extremely firm*; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 37 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04395. Fill material (tongues from previous horizon) on horizontal clevage planes.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; very few fine and medium roots; common medium prominent 5GY41 mottles
    4C5—345 to 409 centimeters (135.8 to 161.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; 11 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; extremely firm*; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 37 percent , moist, pressure faces on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04396. 10YR 5/6 pockets of loamy sand or sandy loam. There is a line chert accross the lower boundary. Horizontal clevage planes.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; common pressure faces surface features on sand and gravel; common medium prominent 7.5YR62 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 217649; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217650; patchy - phpvsfiid 217649; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217650
    4C6—409 to 462 centimeters (161.0 to 181.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and gray (N 6/0) crushed loam, clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely firm*; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 84P04397. Gray zones are clay loam and non calcareous.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles