IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williamsport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S04IN157003
  • User Pedon ID: S04IN157003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17194
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.2172000
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7801833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 12 km north of Darlington, Indiana
  • Map Unit: Mu—Milford silty clay loam, pothole
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN157—Tippecanoe County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40086-B7—Kirkpatrick, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tonie Endres
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamsport
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: Wisconsinan ground moraine
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 83
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - rain
  • Current Air Temp - 12
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—33

    33—122

    33—170

    —33—

    —89—

    —137—
    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

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry. A horizon was subdivided for sampling purposes at 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Boundary not described
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; very fine roots between peds; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btg1—43 to 65 centimeters (16.9 to 25.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; very fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Btg2—65 to 95 centimeters (25.6 to 37.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; very fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt—95 to 122 centimeters (37.4 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2BC—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face stratified stratified fine sandy loam to silty clay loam to clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 25 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 10 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/2) iron depletions in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2C—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face stratified stratified loam to silt loam to sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix and 40 percent coarse prominent platy noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry. Platiness is believed to be inherent from parent material and not pedogenic