IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IN075002
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IN075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JY8202
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23740
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.4611361
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1307444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 850 feet north and 2100 feet west of the center of
  • Map Unit: BlA—Blount-Glynwood, thin solum complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN075—Jay
  • 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: Mcclain
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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 - 8/31/1982
  • 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: 8/31/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JY82021
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JY82022
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 6 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JY82023
    Bt2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic 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 grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JY82024
    Bt3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JY82025
    Bt4—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; black (N 2/0), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JY82026
    BC—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 13 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JY82027
    C—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; massive; very firm; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 18 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # JY82028