IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IN151002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IN151002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - ST7602
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22666
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.5432250
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9989306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet south and 200 feet west of the center
  • Map Unit: BnA—Blount silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN151—Steuben
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Farmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from Indiana lab data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swale on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ST76021
    2Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST76022
    2Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST76023
    2Bt3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; strong medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST76024
    2BCt—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # ST76025
    2C—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; very firm; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # ST76026