IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Johnsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973IN147001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973IN147001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42556
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1140 feet north and 500 feet east of the SW corner of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2 miles east and 1.5 miles north of Dale
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN147—Spencer
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN147—Spencer County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. W. Sanders, Jerry Shively, and others in party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over residuum weathered from sandstone and shale and/or residuum weathered from siltstone
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    225

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    O—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39928
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39928
    E1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39929
    E2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39930
    B1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39931
    Bt1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; 25 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 tubular pores; thin clay films on all faces of peds and thin clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39932. patchy - phpvsfiid 301520; patchy - phpvsfiid 301521; patchy - phpvsfiid 301520; patchy - phpvsfiid 301521
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39933
    Bx1—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and thin light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39934, 40A39935
    Bx2—109 to 141 centimeters (42.9 to 55.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin 2.5Y 7/0 (2.5Y 7/0), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39936; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 301527; continuous - phpvsfiid 301527
    2B—141 to 161 centimeters (55.5 to 63.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on all faces of peds and distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent fine iron-manganese concretions around rock fragments and 30 percent fine iron-manganese concretions on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39937; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 301529; continuous - phpvsfiid 301530; continuous - phpvsfiid 301529; continuous - phpvsfiid 301530
    C—161 to 215 centimeters (63.4 to 84.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); massive; iron-manganese concretions around rock fragments; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39938
    R—215 centimeters (84.6 inches); bedrock; fragments.