IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955IN003012
  • User Pedon ID: S1955IN003012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955IN003012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5237
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42484
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.9936333
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8793716
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 85 feet north of southeast corner, SW 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Allen County, Indiana.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN003—Allen
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN003—Allen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James V. Anderson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; cloddy structure; soft; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39365
    B1t—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39366
    B2t—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39367
    B3t—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39368
    C—56 centimeters (22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 40A39369