IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montgomery
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IN055004
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IN055004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5267
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42514
  • 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: 38.9236107
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1569443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 810 feet west of concrete bridge along gravel road, then 380 feet straight north.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN055—Greene County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. W. Sanders
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montgomery
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montgomery
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and fine cloddy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39581
    A12—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39582
    B21g—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; tubular pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39583
    B22g—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; tubular pores; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39584
    B3g—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; tubular pores; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39585
    C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; tubular pores; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39586
    C2—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; tubular pores; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films and distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39587