IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gnawbone

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1989IN143015

User Pedon ID: 89IN143015

Vegetation Plot ID: S1989IN143015

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 90P0042

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61975

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: 38.5869446

Std. Longitude: -85.8502808

Datum: WGS84

Township: 2N

Range: 6E

Section: 28

PLSS Details: 450 feet W and 600 feet S of the NE corner

Location Description: Scott County, IN.

State: Indiana

County: IN143—Scott

MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys

PEDON

Describers Name: Byron Nagel and Randy Braun

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

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 15

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Gnawbone

PSC - 30 to 69 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Moisture Class - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Gilpin

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillside or mountainside

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Runoff: very high

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: with 10 to <45

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
FAGR QURU QURU	Fagus grandifolia Quercus rubra Quercus rubra	American beech northern red oak northern red oak	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact	0—18 30—69 99—99	—- —- —-

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
42	—	—	235	—	270	109	—	—	12	23	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;

E—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00240; dry when described;. few coarse roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout

BE—21 to 33 centimeters (8.3 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00241; dry when described;. few coarse roots between peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds

Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 37 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00242; dry when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots between peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224498; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224498

Bt2—46 to 72 centimeters (18.1 to 28.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 55 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00243; dry when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots between peds; common fine and medium roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 224499; continuous - phpvsfiid 224499

Bt3—72 to 92 centimeters (28.3 to 36.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 15 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00244; dry when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224500; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224500

BC—92 to 102 centimeters (36.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00245; dry when described;. few fine and medium roots between peds

Cr—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 90P00246