IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Henshaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IN027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IN027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5249
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42496
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.5647736
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1622238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 270 feet south of gravel road in line with first power line pole east of T road.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN027—Daviess
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN027—Daviess County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. W. Sanders
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Henshaw
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39449
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate thin platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39450
    B1t—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39451
    B21t—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39452
    B22t—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39453
    B23t—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39454
    B3Ct—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39455. (An intermittent pocket of yellowish brown fine sandy loam occurred between 42 and 44 inches; common fine distinct grayish brown mottles; massive, friable; slightly calcareous. This part of the horizon was not sampled.)
    2C—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39456. Underlying stratified material consisted of silty clay loam 60 to 72 inches, silt loam 72 to 78 inches, silty clay loam 78 to 80 inches. These underlying stratified layers were not sampled.