IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cincinnati
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IN119003
  • User Pedon ID: 87IN119003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987IN119003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0917
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62850
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.3419456
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0000000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 325 feet S and 1000 feet W of the NE 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cincinnati
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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—20

    20—203

    58—117

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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

    10

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    19

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    45

    112

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    12

    23

    2

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05481. many fine roots throughout
    Bt1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05482. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225820; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225820
    Bt2—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P05483. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR63 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 233712; continuous - phpvsfiid 233713; continuous - phpvsfiid 233712; continuous - phpvsfiid 233713
    Btx1—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05484. many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 233714; continuous - phpvsfiid 233715; continuous - phpvsfiid 233714; continuous - phpvsfiid 233715
    2Btx2—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05485. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 233716; continuous - phpvsfiid 233716
    3Bt3—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05486. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233717; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233717
    4Btb—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05487. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine distinct 10YR63 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 233718; continuous - phpvsfiid 233718