IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ebal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IN119055
  • User Pedon ID: S1990IN119055
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990IN119055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0188
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65532
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.2125015
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7458344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet W and 900 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. McCarter
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 55
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ebal
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-58
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—71

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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

    14

    91

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    224

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    270

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01502
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01503. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177982; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177982
    2Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01504. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192788; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192788
    2Bt3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior clay; 12 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 12 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01505. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192789; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192789
    2BC—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films; 2 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01506. patchy - phpvsfiid 192790; patchy - phpvsfiid 192790
    2C1—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior clay; 12 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; 2 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01507
    2C2—122 to 170 centimeters (48.0 to 66.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; 4 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01508
    2Cr—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior weathered bedrock; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P01509