IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978IN135021
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IN135021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RA7821
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22900
  • 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: 40.2653389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0681389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1680 feet east and 140 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • Map Unit: BgmA—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph
  • 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: Neely and Pearson
  • 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 #: 21
  • 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 - 7/26/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78211
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78212
    Bt1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA78213
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78214
    BC—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA78215
    C—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; massive; very firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # RA78216