IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IN035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IN035001a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DE8401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23739
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.3532556
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4415278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 250 m east and 400 m north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Ginn woods near Wheeling, Delaware County, IN.
  • Map Unit: BmlA—Blount-Del Rey silt loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • 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: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from Indiana lab data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: rise on till plain, upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/8/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 35 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DE84011
    E1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DE84012
    E2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate fine platy structure; friable; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DE84013
    Bt1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DE84014
    2Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DE84015
    2Bt3—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DE84016
    2Bt4—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DE84017
    2BCt—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 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; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DE84018
    2C1—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # DE84019
    2C2—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # DE840110
    2C3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # DE840111