IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountpleasant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN035009
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN035009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65574
  • 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: 40.0769463
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3552780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet W and 100 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: R. 10 W recorded on description changed to R. 10 E
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN035—Delaware County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountpleasant
  • PSC - 20 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miamian
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 46
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—58

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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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    —

    320

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01801
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01802. continuous - phpvsfiid 191314; continuous - phpvsfiid 191314
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01803. continuous - phpvsfiid 191315; continuous - phpvsfiid 191315
    Bt3—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01804. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191316; continuous - phpvsfiid 174301; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191316; continuous - phpvsfiid 174301
    BCt/Bt—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01805. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174302; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174302
    BCt/Bt—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01805. 6" of 60" pit face is Bt (BCt = 90%, Bt = 10%); Bt sample no. 93P1811.; continuous - phpvsfiid 174303; continuous - phpvsfiid 174303
    BCt2—97 to 147 centimeters (38.2 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, clayey fragments and 3 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01806. Primary structure is very coarse prismatic (prisms are 12-24"""" across). Vertical prism faces have discontinuous (10YR 3/3) cutans. No secondary platy structure. Under pressure prisms part to angular blocky (dominate) and subangular blocky. Individual secondary peds are 20-40 mm along long axis and 10-20 mm along narrow axis. Large prisms will part to smaller prisms 20-80 mm wide with few if any cutans. There are few fine roots along primary prism faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174304; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174304
    CBt—147 to 218 centimeters (57.9 to 85.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, clayey fragments and 3 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01807. Like layer #6 except there are no secondary prisms. Secondary structure is the same (abk and sbk).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174305; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174305
    2Bt—218 to 254 centimeters (85.8 to 100.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films throughout; 19 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01808. Very slightly effervescent in areas where there is more gravel. No effervescence in non-gravelly portions.; continuous - phpvsfiid 174306; continuous - phpvsfiid 174306
    2BCt—254 to 279 centimeters (100.0 to 109.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films between sand grains; 24 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01809. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174307; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174307
    2C—279 to 300 centimeters (109.8 to 118.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand, sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01810