IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Octagon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IN107007
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IN107007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982IN107007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0844
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51630
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.1845856
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9260178
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet east and 100 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Montgomery County, Indiana.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN107—Montgomery County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Hosteter and D. Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Octagon
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Octagon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty material and glacial drift
  • Landform: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; thin brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 263508; patchy - phpvsfiid 263508
    2Bt2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04339. Sampled from 56-66 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263509; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263509
    Bt3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; thin brown (7.5YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol green; gradual smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 263510; patchy - phpvsfiid 263510
    C1—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive parts to weak very coarse platy; firm; 0.5 fine roots; thin brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 263511; patchy - phpvsfiid 263511
    C2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive parts to weak very coarse platy; firm; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red. Lab sample # 82P04340. Sampled from 107-122 cm.