IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IN119018
  • User Pedon ID: 87IN119018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0438
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63484
  • 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: 39.2583351
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9777756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1150 Feet North and 1225 Feet East of Southwest Corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul McCarter, Jr.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 8/1/1987 (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

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    8—18

    18—81

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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

    35

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    —

    171

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    0

    112

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02506; dry when described;. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    BE—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine to coarse roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02507; moist when described;. very few organic coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine to coarse roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234043; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234043
    2Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02508; moist when described;. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine and medium roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234044; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234044
    2Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02509; moist when described;. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine and medium roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234045
    2Bt3—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02510; moist when described;. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine and medium roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234046; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234046
    2C—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silty clay; massive; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 25 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02511; moist when described;. few fine and medium roots between peds
    2Cr—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 91P02512. Base saturation sample(35 inches)