IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitcomb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IN143014
  • User Pedon ID: 89IN143014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989IN143014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61980
  • Print Date: 11/14/2024

    • 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: 38.7572212
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7850037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 210 feet E and 180 feet S of the center
  • Location Description: Scott County, IN.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN143—Scott
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Byron Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Paleaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitcomb
  • PSC - 38 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stoy
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous 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

    FEAR3

    Festuca arundinacea

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—23

    38—142

    150—150

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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

    1

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    174

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    109

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    12

    23

    0

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00284; dry when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    Ap—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); silt loam; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00284; dry when described;. common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR64 mottles
    BE—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct and 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00285; dry when described;. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR68 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR72 mottles
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00286; dry when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; many medium distinct 10YR64 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 233194; continuous - phpvsfiid 233194
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00287; dry when described;. common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common medium distinct 10YR64 mottles; many medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 233195; continuous - phpvsfiid 233195
    2Btx1—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 3/0 (7.5YR 3/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00288; dry when described;. 40% brittle; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium distinct 10YR64 mottles; many medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224516; continuous - phpvsfiid 224515; continuous - phpvsfiid 233196; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224516; continuous - phpvsfiid 224515; continuous - phpvsfiid 233196
    2Btx2—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 3/0 (7.5YR 3/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00289; moist when described;. 40-50% brittle; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many coarse prominent 10YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224518; continuous - phpvsfiid 224517; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224518; continuous - phpvsfiid 224517
    2Bt—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00290; moist when described;. few clay films surface features; many coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224519
    3BC—142 to 150 centimeters (55.9 to 59.1 inches); 30 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) very channery silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate thick platy structure; firm; 40 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00291; moist when described;. few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; many medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles