IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Princeton
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1991IN119022
User Pedon ID:
91IN119022
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
91P0746
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
63785
Print Date:
2/16/2025
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:
39.1775017
Std. Longitude:
-86.9052811
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
9N
Range:
4W
Section:
31
PLSS Details:
2000 feet S and 2250 feet W of NE corner
Location Description:
Owen County, Indiana
State:
Indiana
County:
IN119—Owen
MLRA:
114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IN119—Owen County, Indiana
PEDON
Describers Name:
Paul McCarter Jr.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
22
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Princeton
PSC -
33 to 84 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Princeton
Classificaton Date -
4/1/1991
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
dune
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/1/1991 (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
durinodes
0—33
33—84
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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
8
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—
171
—
45
112
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; weak granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04195. common very fine and fine roots throughout
E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04196. common very fine and fine roots throughout
Bt1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04197. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226948; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226948
Bt2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04198. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 226949; continuous - phpvsfiid 226949
Bt3—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04199. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226950; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226951; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226950; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226951
Bt4—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04200. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226952; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226952
C1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04201
C2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loamy fine sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P04202. 35% of horizon is Strata of (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam with a total thickness of 6"