IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ayrmount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S05IN111001
  • User Pedon ID: S05IN111001
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T05111100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0646
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18425
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.9467496
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4280777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1 mile east of Morocco; 800 feet east and 2200 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: AzA—Ayrmount loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN111—Newton County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TRZ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrmount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ayrmount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: derived from
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.7 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.7 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 359086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 359086
    2Bt3—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 9 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 359087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 359087
    2Cd—104 to 254 centimeters (40.9 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3.; moist when described; observed in pit, small