IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corydon Variant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119032
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119032
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992IN119032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65372
  • 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: 39.3416672
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7305527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet W and 800 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. McCarter
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corydon Variant
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • 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: 10/16/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-29
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    15—69

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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

    47

    31

    15

    174

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    270

    1118

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; flaggy silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00225
    A2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior flaggy silt loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00226. continuous - phpvsfiid 191856; continuous - phpvsfiid 191856
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 65 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 12 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00227. continuous - phpvsfiid 191857; continuous - phpvsfiid 191858; continuous - phpvsfiid 191857; continuous - phpvsfiid 191858
    Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 65 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00228. continuous - phpvsfiid 175685; continuous - phpvsfiid 175686; continuous - phpvsfiid 175685; continuous - phpvsfiid 175686
    Bt3—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior stony silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 65 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P00229. continuous - phpvsfiid 175687; continuous - phpvsfiid 175688; continuous - phpvsfiid 175687; continuous - phpvsfiid 175688
    R—69 centimeters (27.2 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. few solution channels filled with 7.5YR 3/4 silty clay.