IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Selma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IN035004
  • User Pedon ID: S1991IN035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64170
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.1375008
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4238892
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet N and 50 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN035—Delaware County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40085-B4—Muncie West, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Struben
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Selma
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Selma
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS53
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—107

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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

    61

    45.7

    290

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    315

    1016

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    11.1

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    12.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P07624
    Btg1—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07625. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191060; continuous - phpvsfiid 191061; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191060; continuous - phpvsfiid 191061
    Btg2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07626. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191062; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191062
    Btg3—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07627. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191063; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191063
    BCg—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07628. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191064; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191064
    Cg—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P07629