IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978IN001002
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IN001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - AD7802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22988
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.7279139
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9325556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet south and 1100 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • Map Unit: BcB—Blount silt loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN001—Adams
  • 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: Farmer and Ziegler
  • 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 - 8/18/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nappanee
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1978 (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), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD78021
    BAt—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD78022
    Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD78023
    Bt2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # AD78024
    Bt3—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; strong medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # AD78025
    BCt—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # AD78026
    C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; very firm; 21 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # AD78027