IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountpleasant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN035013
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN035013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0234
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65578
  • 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: 40.0908318
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5483322
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 175 feet S and 2435 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN035—Delaware County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, 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 #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountpleasant
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 45
  • 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—25

    25—91

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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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    285

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 93P01846
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 93P01847. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191319; continuous - phpvsfiid 191320; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191319; continuous - phpvsfiid 191320
    2Bt2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 93P01848. Silt coats are (10YR 7/2) dry and (10YR 4/3) moist.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191323; continuous - phpvsfiid 191321; continuous - phpvsfiid 191322; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191323; continuous - phpvsfiid 191321; continuous - phpvsfiid 191322
    2Bt3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 93P01849. Silt coats are (10YR 7/2) dry and (10YR 4/3) moist.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191325; continuous - phpvsfiid 191324; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191325; continuous - phpvsfiid 191324
    2CBd/Bt—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); 77 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01850. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191326; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191326
    2CBd/Bt—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); 23 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01850
    2CBd/Bt—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); 13 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01851
    2CBd/Bt—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); 87 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01851. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191327; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191327
    2CBd3—173 to 216 centimeters (68.1 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01852. Prisms are 15-25"""" wide with (10YR 5/2) moist and (10YR 7/2) dry carbonate coats; color grades to (10YR 5/6) towards interior of prisms; pores are along prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 191328; continuous - phpvsfiid 191328
    2CBd4—216 to 257 centimeters (85.0 to 101.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01853. Prisms are 15-25"""" wide with (10YR 5/2) moist and (10YR 7/2) dry carbonate coats; color grades to (10YR 5/6) towards interior of prisms; pores are along prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 174336; continuous - phpvsfiid 174336
    3BCt—257 to 287 centimeters (101.2 to 113.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films throughout; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01855. continuous - phpvsfiid 174337; continuous - phpvsfiid 174337
    4Cd—287 to 302 centimeters (113.0 to 118.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on horizontal faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01856. patchy - phpvsfiid 174338; patchy - phpvsfiid 174338