IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wirt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN119001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0499
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65842
  • 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: 39.3527794
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9263916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet W and 1050 feet N of the 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
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wirt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/26/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-13
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—97

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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

    15

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    184

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    225

    1118

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. no sample
    Bw1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03692
    Bw2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03693
    Bw3—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03694
    C1—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. no sample
    C2—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; 12 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. no sample; fine sandy loam with a thin strata of loamy fine sand for a total of 8 inches