IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hartz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN123005
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN123005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0750
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66093
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 38.0341682
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7691650
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet north and 150 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN123—Perry
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN123—Perry County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-A7—Fulda, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McWilliams, Neyhouse, Wingard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hartz
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Henshaw
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37-75
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—203

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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

    0

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    126

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05135
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05136. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179560; continuous - phpvsfiid 179559; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179560; continuous - phpvsfiid 179559
    Bt2—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05137. continuous - phpvsfiid 179561; continuous - phpvsfiid 179561
    Bt3—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05138. continuous - phpvsfiid 179562; continuous - phpvsfiid 179562
    Bt4—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05139. continuous - phpvsfiid 179563; continuous - phpvsfiid 179563
    Bt5—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05140. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179564; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179564
    Bt6—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05141. patchy - phpvsfiid 179566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179565; patchy - phpvsfiid 179566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179565
    Bt7—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) stratified silty clay loam to silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05142. 93P5143.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179567; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179567
    Bt8—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films and 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05144. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179569; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179569