IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977IN169007
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IN169007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7707
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23104
  • 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: 40.9024500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7205806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 285 feet west and 1310 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • Map Unit: BaB2—Blount loam, interlobate moraines, 1 to 4 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash
  • 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: Langer
  • 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB77071
    BAt—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77072
    Bt—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77073
    BC—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB77074
    C—58 to 152 centimeters (22.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; very firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WB77075