IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IN119014
  • User Pedon ID: 90IN119014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0434
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63480
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1722221
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7236099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 800 Feet West and 220 Feet North of Southeast Corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul McCarter, Jr.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—66

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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

    23

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    195

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    180

    112

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02473; moist when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02474; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine and fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226645; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226645
    Bt2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02475; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226646; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226646
    2Bt3—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak thick platy structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02476; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 226647; continuous - phpvsfiid 226647
    2BC—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak thick platy structure; very firm; 37 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02477; moist when described;. common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on horizontal faces of peds; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226648; continuous - phpvsfiid 226648
    2C—89 to 178 centimeters (35.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; 15 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 91P02478; moist when described;. few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226649; continuous - phpvsfiid 226649