IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119024
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992IN119024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65370
  • 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: 39.4361115
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7777786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet S and 600 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, and N. Patterson
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1992
  • 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: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    FAGR

    QURU

    QUVE

    Fagus grandifolia

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    American beech

    northern red oak

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    31—99

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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

    60

    23

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    224

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    90

    1118

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00208
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00209
    BE—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00210
    Bt1—31 to 48 centimeters (12.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00211. continuous - phpvsfiid 175683; continuous - phpvsfiid 175683
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00212. continuous - phpvsfiid 175684; continuous - phpvsfiid 175684
    Bt3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00213. continuous - phpvsfiid 191846; continuous - phpvsfiid 191846
    Bt4—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00214. continuous - phpvsfiid 191847; continuous - phpvsfiid 191847
    BCt—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00215. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191848; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191848
    C—99 to 203 centimeters (39.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; massive; very firm; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 93P00216