IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scottsburg

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1987IN143001

User Pedon ID: 87IN143001

Vegetation Plot ID: S1987IN143001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0427

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60545

Print Date: 12/4/2024

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: 38.7522240

Std. Longitude: -85.7561111

Datum: WGS84

Township: 4N

Range: 7E

Section: 28

PLSS Details: 570 feet E and 570 feet N of the SW corner

State: Indiana

County: IN143—Scott

MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

PEDON

Describers Name: B.G. Nagel and A.K Nickell

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Scottsburg

PSC - 20 to 71 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Deputy V

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: upland

Landform: terrace—stream or lake

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: moderately 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 - 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
HOJU PADI ZEMA	Hordeum jubatum Panicum dichotomiflorum Zea mays	foxtail barley fall panicgrass corn	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact lithic contact	0—20 20—135 147—170 170—0	—- —- —- —-

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
3	—	—	175	—	0	107	—	—	12	23	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02214; moist when described;. common very fine roots throughout

1Bt1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02215; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232628; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232629; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232628; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232629

1Bt2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02216; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223066; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223066

1Bt3—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02217; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR53 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 223067; patchy - phpvsfiid 223067

2Btx1—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02218; moist when described;. About 50% of this horizon is brittle. Sample split for sample purposes 94-109 cm sample number 88P2219.; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223068; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223069; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223068; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223069

2Btx2—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 55 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02220; moist when described;. About 50% of horizon is brittle.; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 223070; continuous - phpvsfiid 223070

3BC—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine platy structure; firm; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02221; moist when described;. common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; many medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles

3BC—145 to 145 centimeters (57.1 to 57.1 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02223. Base saturation.

3Cr—147 to 170 centimeters (57.9 to 66.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior weathered bedrock; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02222; moist when described;

3R—170 centimeters (66.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) interior unweathered bedrock; fragments.