IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blocher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN143001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0351
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64590
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8102760
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7386093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 390 feet E and 720 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Scott County, IN.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN143—Scott
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN143—Scott County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Nagel A. Nickell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blocher
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blocher
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 196
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    0—15

    15—193

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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

    9

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    177

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    175

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02149
    Bt1—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coats on faces of peds and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02150. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173475; continuous - phpvsfiid 173474; continuous - phpvsfiid 173476; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173475; continuous - phpvsfiid 173474; continuous - phpvsfiid 173476
    2Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats and 30 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02151
    2Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 5 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films and 75 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02152. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173482; continuous - phpvsfiid 173480; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173482; continuous - phpvsfiid 173480
    2Bt4—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films and 75 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02153. continuous - phpvsfiid 173483; continuous - phpvsfiid 173483
    2Bt5—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02154. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173486; continuous - phpvsfiid 173485; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173486; continuous - phpvsfiid 173485
    2Bt6—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02155. continuous - phpvsfiid 173487; continuous - phpvsfiid 173487
    2BCt—157 to 193 centimeters (61.8 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02156
    2C—193 to 203 centimeters (76.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 5 percent medium and coarse irregular iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02157. 65% loam, and 35% clay loam.