IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SWITZERLAND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975IN029004
  • User Pedon ID: S1975IN029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4377
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40540
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.2567062
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9604874
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet north and 1000 feet west of SE corner of NW 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN029—Dearborn
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN601—Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. W. Sanders and Louie Buller
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SWITZERLAND
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over clayey, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1975 (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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    287

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33420
    B&A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33421
    B21T—28 to 69 centimeters (11.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33422. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199709; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199709
    B22T—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33423. continuous - phpvsfiid 199711; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199710; continuous - phpvsfiid 199711; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199710
    B23T—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33424. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199712; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199712
    2B2T—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33425
    2C1—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; massive; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33426
    2CR—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and pale olive (5Y 6/3) clay; thick platy structure; firm; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A33427