IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Switzerland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975IN115004
  • User Pedon ID: S1975IN115004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4376
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40539
  • 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: 38.9731026
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9985428
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet south and 1940 feet east of NW corner
  • Location Description: 800 feet south and 700 feet west of NE corner of NW 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN115—Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN601—Dearborn and Ohio Counties, 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 - Switzerland
  • PSC - 28 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SWITZERLAND
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/1975 (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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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33414
    B&A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33415
    B2T—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 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 brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33416. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202270; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202271; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202270; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202271
    A&B—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33417
    2B2T—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33418. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202272; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202272
    2C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; extremely firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A33419