IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IN049009
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IN049009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FU8009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23342
  • User Project ID: 201811FIN001
  • Project Name: MLRA 111B - Blount soil on disintegration moraines - loam phase
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.0260333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0038333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet south and 120 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • Map Unit: BlxA—Blount loam, interlobate moraines, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN049—Fulton
  • 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: Furr
  • 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 #: 9
  • 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 - 8/12/1980
  • 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: 8/12/1980 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FU80091
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80092
    Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80093
    Bt3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80094
    BCt—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU80095
    C—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # FU80096