IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountpleasant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN035010
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN035010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0231
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65575
  • 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: 40.0777779
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3561096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 510 feet N and 2525 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN035—Delaware County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountpleasant
  • PSC - 20 to 71 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 - 10/27/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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: 10/27/1992 (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
  • 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—81

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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

    9

    46

    22.9

    317

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01812
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty 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 yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01813. continuous - phpvsfiid 174308; continuous - phpvsfiid 174308
    2Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium 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; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) 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 unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01814. continuous - phpvsfiid 174309; continuous - phpvsfiid 174310; continuous - phpvsfiid 174309; continuous - phpvsfiid 174310
    2Bt3—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01815. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174311; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174311
    2BCt/Bt—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01816. BCt part has prisms 8-16"""" wide which part to plates (5-10 mm thick and 34-55 mm wide and 20-30 mm deep viewing horizontally). In a few places, secondary structure is weak coarse prismatic. There are common patchy (10YR 4/3) cutans on horizontal and vertical faces of plates. Few very fine roots on faces of plates. 24"""" of 80"""" face of pit is Bt material (tongues). Bt sample no. 93P1822.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174313; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174313
    2BCt/Bt—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01816. continuous - phpvsfiid 174312; continuous - phpvsfiid 174312
    2BCt/Bt—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01817. Prisms are 10-20"""" wide with secondary prisms 50-100 mm wide. These prisms part to thick and very thick platy structure. Plates break down farther to abk and sbk. there are common patchy (10YR 4/3) cutans on faces of plates and prisms. Very fine roots on faces of prisms. Platiness is not as obvious as in BCt1/Bt. 14"""" of 80"""" face of pit is Bt material (tongues).
    2BCt/Bt—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak very thick platy structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01817. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174314; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174314
    2CBt—173 to 221 centimeters (68.1 to 87.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01818. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174315; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174315
    3Bt—221 to 272 centimeters (87.0 to 107.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films throughout; 3 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 21 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P01819. Rock fragments range from 5-30% across face of pit; clay content is highest where rock fragments are less.; continuous - phpvsfiid 174316; continuous - phpvsfiid 174316
    3BCt—272 to 295 centimeters (107.1 to 116.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on sand and gravel; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01820. continuous - phpvsfiid 174317; continuous - phpvsfiid 174317
    3C—295 to 345 centimeters (116.1 to 135.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01821