IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vigo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119003
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0919
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65046
  • 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: 39.3352776
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0041656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet south and 1750 feet west of northeast corner
  • Location Description: Owen County
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Hosteter, P. McCarter
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vigo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Aeric Glossaqualfs
  • PSC - 43 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1992
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    0—17

    17—100

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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

    300

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    201

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04893
    E—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 interstitial pores; 65 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds; 8 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04894. continuous - phpvsfiid 173388; continuous - phpvsfiid 173388
    Bt1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 interstitial and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04895. continuous - phpvsfiid 173389; continuous - phpvsfiid 173389
    2Btx1—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 vesicular and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04897. continuous - phpvsfiid 173390; continuous - phpvsfiid 173391; continuous - phpvsfiid 173390; continuous - phpvsfiid 173391
    2Btx2—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; 12 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04899. continuous - phpvsfiid 173392; continuous - phpvsfiid 173393; continuous - phpvsfiid 173392; continuous - phpvsfiid 173393
    3Btx3—142 to 196 centimeters (55.9 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04901. continuous - phpvsfiid 173394; continuous - phpvsfiid 173394
    3Bt—196 to 219 centimeters (77.2 to 86.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent medium iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04904. continuous - phpvsfiid 173395; continuous - phpvsfiid 173395
    4Bt2—219 to 254 centimeters (86.2 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loam; 12 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04905. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173397; continuous - phpvsfiid 173396; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173397; continuous - phpvsfiid 173396
    4Bt3—254 to 282 centimeters (100.0 to 111.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04906. continuous - phpvsfiid 173398; continuous - phpvsfiid 173398
    4Bt4—282 to 300 centimeters (111.0 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P04907. continuous - phpvsfiid 173399; continuous - phpvsfiid 173399