IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IN157002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IN157002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IN157002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42492
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 40.4322510
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7327347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: at south end of borrow pit by old pear orchard.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN157—Tippecanoe County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. L. Zachary
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ACER

    FRAXI

    POA

    ULMUS

    Acer

    Fraxinus

    Poa

    Ulmus

    maple

    ash

    bluegrass

    elm

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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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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39421
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39422
    B1t—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39423
    B21t—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39424
    B22t—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent distinct coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39425
    B23t—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; firm; 30 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39426
    2B3t—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39427
    2C1—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam, clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39428
    2C2—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39429. Assumed to extend to 175 inches.
    2C3—445 centimeters (175.2 inches); gray (7.5YR 5/1) and gray (7.5YR 6/1) loam, clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39430