IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kurtz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IN143001
  • User Pedon ID: 90IN143001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990IN143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0450
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63493
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 38.5883331
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8355560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1440 feet west and 430 feet south of the northeast 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: B. Nagel, A. Nickell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kurtz
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kurtz
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1990
  • 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
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1990 (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

    FAGUS

    Fagus

    beech

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—13

    13—91

    112—152

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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

    27

    —

    —

    219

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    45

    109

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    —

    12

    23

    0

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02566. common very fine and fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bt1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 55 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02567. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots between peds; many fine and medium roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 226677; continuous - phpvsfiid 226677
    Bt2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02568. 2% pebbles ironstone; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 226678; continuous - phpvsfiid 226678
    Bt3—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 11 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 55 percent prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02569. 2% pebbles ironstone; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; common fine prominent 5Y62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 226679; continuous - phpvsfiid 226679
    Bt4—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; 11 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2 percent prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02570. 2% pebbles ironstone; 2% pebbles sedimentary; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common fine prominent 5Y62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 226680; continuous - phpvsfiid 226680
    BC—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silty clay loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate thick platy, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, coats on rock fragments; 50 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02571. Base saturation sample—44"; many coats surface features on rock fragments; few very fine and fine roots between peds; few fine prominent 5Y62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 226681; continuous - phpvsfiid 226681
    Cr—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches);, 50 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 50 percent olive (5Y 4/3), dry; weathered bedrock; strong very thick platy structure; very firm; 55 percent prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry, coats on rock fragments; fragments. Lab sample # 91P02573. Base saturation sample—44"; many coats surface features on rock fragments; continuous - phpvsfiid 226682; continuous - phpvsfiid 226682