IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dubois
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119051
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0258
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65377
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.4436111
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6952744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet E and 1000 feet N of SW 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
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dubois
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: As-5
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—28

    28—203

    104—127

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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

    76

    45.7

    242

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    0

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00268
    Eg—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00269
    BE—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00270
    Bt1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00271. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173859; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173859
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00272. continuous - phpvsfiid 173860; continuous - phpvsfiid 173861; continuous - phpvsfiid 173860; continuous - phpvsfiid 173861
    Btx1—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, strongly cemented; brittle; 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00273. continuous - phpvsfiid 173862; continuous - phpvsfiid 173863; continuous - phpvsfiid 173862; continuous - phpvsfiid 173863
    Btx2—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, strongly cemented; brittle; 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00274. continuous - phpvsfiid 173864; continuous - phpvsfiid 173865; continuous - phpvsfiid 173864; continuous - phpvsfiid 173865
    2Bt3—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00275. continuous - phpvsfiid 173866; continuous - phpvsfiid 173867; continuous - phpvsfiid 173866; continuous - phpvsfiid 173867
    3Btb—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 75 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P00276. 93P0277 is a base saturation sample.; continuous - phpvsfiid 173868; continuous - phpvsfiid 173868