IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkinsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119022
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992IN119022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65582
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.4361115
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7513885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet S and 2600 feet E of NW corner
  • 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: P. McCarter, J. Shively
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkinsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-10
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—203

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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

    91

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    233

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    315

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01895
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01896
    Bt1—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01897. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191349; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191349
    Bt2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01898. continuous - phpvsfiid 191350; continuous - phpvsfiid 191350
    Bt3—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01899. continuous - phpvsfiid 191351; continuous - phpvsfiid 191351
    Bt4—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01900. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191352
    Bt5—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01901. continuous - phpvsfiid 191354; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191353; continuous - phpvsfiid 191354; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191353
    Bt6—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brownish yellow (2.5Y 6/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01902. patchy - phpvsfiid 174408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174407; patchy - phpvsfiid 174408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174407
    2Btb—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 93P01904. 93P1903 is a base saturation sample.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174410