IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002IN003002
  • User Pedon ID: S02IN003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15823
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.9220000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0177222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29 N
  • Range: 13 E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 262 feet west and 1200 feet north from SE corner
  • Location Description: about 2 miles southwest of Hoagland, 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: 40085-H1—Poe, 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 - 30 to 80 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 - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landform: Fort Wayne end moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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: 109
  • 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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    91 - 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—30

    30—104

    66—203

    91—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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    —

    245

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    180

    889

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    155

    10

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed, dry; silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05633; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05634; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 30 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions throughout; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05635; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05636; observed in pit, small
    Btk—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05637; observed in pit, small
    BCdtk—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent 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; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05638; observed in pit, small
    Cdk—104 to 203 centimeters (40.9 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 02N05639; observed in pit, small