IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Avonburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IN143005
  • User Pedon ID: S1986IN143005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986IN143005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0744
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60039
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.7705574
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7505569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 490 feet west and 685 feet south of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN143—Scott
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN143—Scott County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. G. Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • PSC - 53 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Avonburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed loess and/or mixed-calcareous glacial till and/or mixed noncalcareous loess
  • Landscape: glaciated outwash plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMBRO

    CONYZ

    ZEMA

    Ambrosia

    Conyza

    Zea mays

    ragweed

    horseweed

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—28

    53—94

    94—211

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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

    1

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    186

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    12

    23

    0

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03967; dry when described;
    BE—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03968; dry when described;
    Bt—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand, clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 75 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03970, 87P03969; moist when described;. Split for sampling: 53-74 cm, 87P3969;74-94 cm, 87P3970.; continuous - phpvsfiid 268793; continuous - phpvsfiid 268795; continuous - phpvsfiid 268793; continuous - phpvsfiid 268795
    2Btx1—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; loose, firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 30 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03972, 87P03971; moist when described;. Split for sampling: 94-114 cm, 87P3971; 114-132 cm, 87P3972.; continuous - phpvsfiid 268794; continuous - phpvsfiid 268796; continuous - phpvsfiid 268794; continuous - phpvsfiid 268796
    2Btx2—132 to 211 centimeters (52.0 to 83.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; loose, firm; brittle; 30 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, cresol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03976, 87P03975, 87P03974, 87P03973; moist when described;. Split for sampling: 132-157 cm, 87P3973; 157-183 cm, 87P3974; 168-172 cm, 87P3975; 183-211 cm, 87P3976.; continuous - phpvsfiid 268797; continuous - phpvsfiid 268798; continuous - phpvsfiid 268797; continuous - phpvsfiid 268798
    3Btb—211 to 244 centimeters (83.1 to 96.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red. Lab sample # 87P03977; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 268799; continuous - phpvsfiid 268799