IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN035006
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN035006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67112
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.3088889
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2311111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 920 feet north and 1900 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: BgmA—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN035—Delaware County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40085-C2—Redkey, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Struben, B. Hosteter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • PSC - 23 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: end moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS21
  • 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
  • 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—23

    23—61

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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

    3

    15

    6.1

    292

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    225

    1016

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium platy structure; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 8.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00594
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; 8.0 very fine to medium roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent fine and medium irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00595. The field texture is clay loam.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113668; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113668
    Bt2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; 8.0 very fine to medium roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine and medium irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 3 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00596. continuous - phpvsfiid 1113660; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113660
    Bt/C—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00597. continuous - phpvsfiid 1113662; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113662
    Bt/C—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine and medium irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00597. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1113661; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1113661
    Bt/C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); 67 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 8 percent fine irregular light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses in cracks; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00599. The field texture was clay loam.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1113664; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1113664; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113663
    Bt/C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); 18 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments. Lab sample # 95P00598. Field texture was clay; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113665; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113665
    Cd/B—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); 95 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; 1 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00600. The field texture was clay loam
    Cd/B—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak fine prismatic structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses in cracks; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00601. continuous - phpvsfiid 1113666; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113667; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113666; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113667