IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973IN013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973IN013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973IN013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42555
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, NW1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 400 feet SW of Hoosiers' Nest Cabin, Weed Patch Hill, Brown County State Park
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN013—Brown
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN605—Brown County and Part of Bartholomew County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. P. Franzmeier, P. W. Harlan, M. Resende, Henry Gray
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peorian loess over residuum weathered from siltstone
  • Landform: narrow flat ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1973 (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

    CORNU

    SAAL5

    Cornus

    Sassafras albidum

    dogwood

    sassafras

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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

    3.5

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    270

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39918
    B1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39919
    B21—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39920
    Bt1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39921. patchy - phpvsfiid 299915; patchy - phpvsfiid 299915
    Bt2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39922
    Bx—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct and 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; brittle; 21.0 roots in cracks and 0.1 roots throughout; thick brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39923
    2Bx1—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) fine distinct and 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; brittle; 0.1 roots and 21.0 roots in cracks; thick brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 5-?-10 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 40A39924
    2Bx2—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 40A39925
    2C1—160 to 193 centimeters (63.0 to 76.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 10 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 40A39926
    2C2—193 to 229 centimeters (76.0 to 90.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very fine sandy loam; 20 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 40A39927