IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wirt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IN143013
  • User Pedon ID: 89IN143013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61979
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 38.7380562
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8455582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet E and 950 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: Byron Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wirt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wirt
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluve
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—61

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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

    —

    —

    —

    160

    —

    109

    —

    —

    12

    23

    0

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00277; dry when described;. few medium roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00278; dry when described;. many organic coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 233193; continuous - phpvsfiid 233193
    Bw2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00279; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR63 mottles
    C1—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00280; moist when described;. and 90P0281; loamy fine sand 1/4 to 1" in thickness, massive and single grain; few very fine roots throughout
    C2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam, fine sand; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 90P00282; moist when described;. fine sand and loamy fine sand 1/2 to 2" in thickness, massive and single grain