IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IN053005
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IN053005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GT8005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23619
  • 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: 40.5761917
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5978083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 138 feet east and 1950 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: BgmB2—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 1 to 4 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN053—Grant
  • 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: Jensen and Braun
  • 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1980
  • 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: 11/10/1980 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GT80051
    Btg—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT80052
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; 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 distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT80053
    Bt2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT80054
    BCt—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds and 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GT80055
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # GT80056