IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shakamak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IN119002
  • User Pedon ID: 87IN119002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987IN119002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0768
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60063
  • 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: 39.3327789
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0002747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet W and 1900 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. McCarter, Jr.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shakamak
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    TRIFO

    Festuca

    Trifolium

    fescue

    clover

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—28

    28—203

    79—157

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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

    2

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    270

    112

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    12

    23

    2

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04153; moist when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) distinct mottles; weak medium platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04154; moist when described;. 2.5 percent voids filled with (10YR 4/3) sil.; common very fine roots throughout; common distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04155; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR63 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222415; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222415
    1Bt2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P04156; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222416; continuous - phpvsfiid 222416
    1Btx1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm by silica; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04157; moist when described;. Prisms painted at top with thick silt flows between prisms.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222417; continuous - phpvsfiid 222418; continuous - phpvsfiid 222417; continuous - phpvsfiid 222418
    1Btx2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm by silica; brittle; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04158; moist when described;. few medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR68 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222419; continuous - phpvsfiid 222420; continuous - phpvsfiid 222419; continuous - phpvsfiid 222420
    2Btx3—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm by silica; brittle; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04159; moist when described;. Pores plugged with silt near surface of peds.; few medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR68 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222421; continuous - phpvsfiid 222422; continuous - phpvsfiid 222421; continuous - phpvsfiid 222422
    3Bt3—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04160; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; common fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222423; continuous - phpvsfiid 222423