IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Trappist
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IN143001
  • User Pedon ID: 86IN143001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986IN143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59299
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.8052788
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7258301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 460 feet E and 1,520 feet N of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN143—Scott
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. G. Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Trappist
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trappist
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUAL

    Quercus alba

    white oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—15

    15—76

    89—107

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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

    16

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    181

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    225

    107

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    12

    24

    0

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    1A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00008; moist when described;. 3 cm of Oi horizon above A; partially decomposed hardwood leaves.; many fine roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout
    1E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00009; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221204; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221204
    1Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00010; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221205; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221205
    1Bt2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00011; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221206; continuous - phpvsfiid 221207; continuous - phpvsfiid 221206; continuous - phpvsfiid 221207
    1Bt3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 55 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00012; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221208; continuous - phpvsfiid 221209; continuous - phpvsfiid 221208; continuous - phpvsfiid 221209
    2BC—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior shaly silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse platy, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 35 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00013; moist when described;. common very fine roots throughout; many medium distinct 5Y62 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    2Cr—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior weathered bedrock; 37 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, coats on rock fragments; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00014; moist when described;. common coats surface features on rock fragments; continuous - phpvsfiid 221210; continuous - phpvsfiid 221210
    2R—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior unweathered bedrock; fragments. Bedrock is a member of the New Albany Shale.