IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973IN147002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973IN147002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973IN147002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42557
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1105 feet north and 800 feet east of the SW corner of the NW1/4
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic 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 siltstone and/or residuum weathered from shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: sandstone and siltstone
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    PHLEU

    Dactylis glomerata

    Phleum

    orchardgrass

    timothy

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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

    2

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    166

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 pores; 10 percent fine weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39939
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium pores; thin strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and thin strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39940. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301531; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301532; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301531; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301532
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine high-continuity pores; thin strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and thin yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39941. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301534; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301534
    Bt3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along pores and thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on surfaces along pores and thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39942. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301535; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301552; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301535; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301552
    Bx1—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 21 percent gray (10YR 6/1) mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and thin grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39944, 40A39943. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301538; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301540; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301538; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301540
    Bx2—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 20 percent clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39945, 40A39946. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301542; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301542
    2Bx—140 to 162 centimeters (55.1 to 63.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; shale, unspecified fragments and sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39947. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 301548
    2B—162 to 183 centimeters (63.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; firm; 0.1 pores; black (N 2/0), moist, manganese coatings; 50 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39948
    C—183 to 208 centimeters (72.0 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); thick platy structure; hard; black (N 2/0), moist, manganese coatings around rock fragments; 2-?-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2-?-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39949
    R—208 to 218 centimeters (81.9 to 85.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) bedrock; hard, weakly coherent; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39950