IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119039
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119039
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992IN119039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65374
  • 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: 39.3638878
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6333313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet N and 1100 feet W of SE 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wea
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-24
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—109

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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

    46

    15

    171

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    135

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00240
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00241
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00242. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175717; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175717
    Bt2—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00243. continuous - phpvsfiid 175718; continuous - phpvsfiid 175718
    Bt3—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00244. continuous - phpvsfiid 175719; continuous - phpvsfiid 175719
    Bt4—102 to 109 centimeters (40.2 to 42.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P00245. continuous - phpvsfiid 191859; continuous - phpvsfiid 191859
    C—109 to 203 centimeters (42.9 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 93P00246