IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IN143003
  • User Pedon ID: 86IN143003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986IN143003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59300
  • 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: 38.7747231
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7347260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1,305 feet W and 845 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-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • 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: upland
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    CAOV2

    Carya ovata

    shagbark hickory

    —

    —

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—114

    —-

    —-
    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

    35

    —

    —

    189

    —

    315

    107

    —

    —

    12

    24

    0

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 80 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00016; moist when described;. many fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    1E—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine and medium roots throughout
    1Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, skeletans over cutans on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00017; moist when described;. common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common skeletans over cutans surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common medium roots; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221211; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221212; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221211; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221212
    1Bt2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 37 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, skeletans over cutans on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00018. common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common skeletans over cutans surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine and medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221214; continuous - phpvsfiid 221213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221214
    1Bt3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 15 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, skeletans over cutans on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00019. few medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few skeletans over cutans surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine and medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221215; patchy - phpvsfiid 221216; continuous - phpvsfiid 221215; patchy - phpvsfiid 221216
    1Bt4—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00020. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221217; continuous - phpvsfiid 221217
    1C1—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; firm; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 221218; patchy - phpvsfiid 221218
    1C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; firm; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.