IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pike
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IN119013
  • User Pedon ID: 89IN119013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989IN119013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0054
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61987
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.3527794
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7236099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet W and 1000 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: Paul McCarter, Jr. and Jerry Shively
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pike
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (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

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—0

    23—203

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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

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    217

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    112

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    11

    22

    1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00339. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    BE—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00340. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 233205; patchy - phpvsfiid 233205
    Bt1—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00341. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233207; continuous - phpvsfiid 233206; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233207; continuous - phpvsfiid 233206
    Bt2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00342. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233209; continuous - phpvsfiid 233208; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233209; continuous - phpvsfiid 233208
    Bt3—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00343. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224551; continuous - phpvsfiid 224550; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224551; continuous - phpvsfiid 224550
    2Bt4—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00344. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224552; patchy - phpvsfiid 224553; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224552; patchy - phpvsfiid 224553
    3Bt5—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00345. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224554; patchy - phpvsfiid 224555; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224554; patchy - phpvsfiid 224555
    3Btb1—152 to 180 centimeters (59.8 to 70.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00346. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224556; patchy - phpvsfiid 224558; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224557; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224556; patchy - phpvsfiid 224558; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224557
    3Btb2—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P00347. many clay films surface features between sand grains; continuous - phpvsfiid 224559; continuous - phpvsfiid 224559