IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002IN003001
  • User Pedon ID: S02IN003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15822
  • 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: 40.9512750
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9390556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29 N
  • Range: 14 E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 156 feet east and 770 feet north from the SW corner
  • Location Description: about 3.5 miles west of Monroeville, IN
  • Map Unit: BmA—Blount loam, interlobate moraines, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN003—Allen
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN003—Allen County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40084-H8—Hoagland, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Gehring, Shane McBurnett, William Hosteter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • PSC - 28 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits over fine-loamy till
  • Landform: Fort Wayne ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 102
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    178 - 203

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    densic materials

    0—13

    28—64

    64—203

    178—203

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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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    249

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    180

    889

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    155

    10

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed, dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05625; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05626; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout and 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; ; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05627; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05628; observed in pit, small
    Ck1—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05629; observed in pit, small
    Ck2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05630; observed in pit, small
    Ck3—119 to 178 centimeters (46.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05631; observed in pit, small
    2Cdk—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 02N05632; observed in pit, small