IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pewamo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN009005
  • User Pedon ID: S1979IN009005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BL7905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23013
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.3874944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3554611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet west and 1915 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN009—Blackford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kluess and Pirtle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pewamo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2014
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pewamo
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—114

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    —89—
    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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BL79051
    Btg1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL79052
    Btg2—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL79053
    Btg3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL79054
    BCt—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BL79055
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # BL79056