IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rickert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN123014
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN123014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0759
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66102
  • 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: 37.9327774
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5355530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 875 feet west and 2200 feet north of the southeast 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: 37086-H5—Rome, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KMcW, SN, RCW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rickert
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 43-30
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    0—20

    20—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

    10

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    158

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    280

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05210
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots between peds; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05211. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179606; continuous - phpvsfiid 179605; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179606; continuous - phpvsfiid 179605
    Bt2—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05212. continuous - phpvsfiid 179607; continuous - phpvsfiid 179607
    Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05213. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179609; continuous - phpvsfiid 179608; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179609; continuous - phpvsfiid 179608
    Bt4—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds and 75 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05214. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193468; continuous - phpvsfiid 179610; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193468; continuous - phpvsfiid 179610
    Bt5—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05215. continuous - phpvsfiid 193469; continuous - phpvsfiid 193470; continuous - phpvsfiid 193469; continuous - phpvsfiid 193470
    Bt6—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05216. continuous - phpvsfiid 193471; continuous - phpvsfiid 193472; continuous - phpvsfiid 193471; continuous - phpvsfiid 193472
    Bt7—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05217. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193473; patchy - phpvsfiid 193474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193473; patchy - phpvsfiid 193474