IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountpleasant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN035014
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN035014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0235
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65579
  • 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: 40.0905571
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5250015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 375 feet S and 1070 feet W of the NE 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, active, 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 #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountpleasant
  • PSC - 23 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • 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
  • 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
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 45
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—23

    23—46

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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

    2

    23

    7.6

    293

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 93P01859
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 93P01860. Dry color of silt coatings is (10YR 6/4).; continuous - phpvsfiid 174339; continuous - phpvsfiid 174340; continuous - phpvsfiid 174339; continuous - phpvsfiid 174340
    Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 93P01861. Dolomite ghost at boundary of Bt2 and BCt 1" thick.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174341; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174342; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174341; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174342
    BCt/Bt—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01862. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174343; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174343
    BCt/Bt—46 to 59 centimeters (18.1 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01862
    Cd1—58 to 119 centimeters (22.8 to 46.9 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 structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01863. Prisms 7-10" apart; color of carbonate coats dry is (10YR 7/2).; continuous - phpvsfiid 174344; continuous - phpvsfiid 174344
    Cd2—119 to 163 centimeters (46.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01864. Major cracks in Cd range 2-3' apart; 37% oxidized till; (10YR 5/2-5/6) bodies or pockets; effervescence not as strong in oxidized zones.; continuous - phpvsfiid 174345; continuous - phpvsfiid 174345
    Cd3—163 to 224 centimeters (64.2 to 88.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01865
    Cd4—224 to 257 centimeters (88.2 to 101.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01866. patchy - phpvsfiid 174346; patchy - phpvsfiid 174346
    Cd5—257 to 287 centimeters (101.2 to 113.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01867