IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IN183001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IN183001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WL8001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23620
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 41.0344000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5078278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 425 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: BmA—Blount loam, interlobate moraines, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN183—Whitley
  • 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: Langer
  • 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 #: 1
  • 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 - 8/12/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat 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 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WL80011
    Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WL80012
    Bt2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WL80013
    Bt3—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WL80014
    BC—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds and 35 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WL80015
    C—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on horizontal faces of peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # WL80016