IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0917
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65044
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.3388901
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9083328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet west and 1000 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Hosteter
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-26
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—23

    36—216

    119—193

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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

    76

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    242

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    315

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04864
    BE—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04865
    Bt1—36 to 50 centimeters (14.2 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 5 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04866
    Bt2—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04867. continuous - phpvsfiid 173367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173369; continuous - phpvsfiid 173368; continuous - phpvsfiid 173367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173369; continuous - phpvsfiid 173368
    Btx1—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron stains on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04868. patchy - phpvsfiid 173370; continuous - phpvsfiid 173371; continuous - phpvsfiid 173372; patchy - phpvsfiid 173370; continuous - phpvsfiid 173371; continuous - phpvsfiid 173372
    Btx2—95 to 118 centimeters (37.4 to 46.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04869. continuous - phpvsfiid 173373; continuous - phpvsfiid 173374; continuous - phpvsfiid 173373; continuous - phpvsfiid 173374
    2Btx3—118 to 150 centimeters (46.5 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 21.0 fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron stains throughout and 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04870. continuous - phpvsfiid 173375; continuous - phpvsfiid 173376; patchy - phpvsfiid 173377; continuous - phpvsfiid 173375; continuous - phpvsfiid 173376; patchy - phpvsfiid 173377
    3Btx4—150 to 195 centimeters (59.1 to 76.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 65 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04871. 92P4873 and 92P4874.; continuous - phpvsfiid 173378; continuous - phpvsfiid 173379; continuous - phpvsfiid 173380; continuous - phpvsfiid 173378; continuous - phpvsfiid 173379; continuous - phpvsfiid 173380
    4Bt1b—195 to 230 centimeters (76.8 to 90.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 12 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; strong very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04872. 92P4875.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173381; continuous - phpvsfiid 173382; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173381; continuous - phpvsfiid 173382
    4BCtb—230 to 260 centimeters (90.6 to 102.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P04876. Sandstone fragments with 10% (10YR 8/8) splotches which are sandy loam and represent weathered sandstone fragments. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) splotches of loam which represent material from horizon above.
    4Cr—260 to 270 centimeters (102.4 to 106.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P04877. Sandstone.