IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ava
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IN021057
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IN021057
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0462
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50699
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 39.2847366
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0758591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 183 meters N and 549 meters E of SW corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN021—Clay
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN021—Clay County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 57
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AVA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02300
    E—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 82P02301
    BT1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds; 21 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02302. continuous - phpvsfiid 199640; continuous - phpvsfiid 199640
    BT2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans on faces of peds and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02303. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199648; continuous - phpvsfiid 199647; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199648; continuous - phpvsfiid 199647
    BX1—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.1 fine roots in cracks; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans on faces of peds; 21 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02304. continuous - phpvsfiid 202282; continuous - phpvsfiid 202282
    2BX2—119 to 173 centimeters (46.9 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans in root channels and/or pores; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 82P02305. patchy - phpvsfiid 202284; patchy - phpvsfiid 202284
    2C—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 82P02306