IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IN035009a
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IN035009a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67115
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.3091660
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2297211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet north and 2575 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: GlrB2—Glynwood silt loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • 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, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • PSC - 33 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2014
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1994
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • 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: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/11/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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—33

    33—89

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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

    2

    27

    13.7

    293

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    225

    1016

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    ; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1303329; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1303329
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00625
    E—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; weak thick platy parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00626. continuous - phpvsfiid 1303321; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303321
    2Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 65 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00627. continuous - phpvsfiid 1303322; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303322
    2Bt2—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00628. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1303325; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303323; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303324; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1303325; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303323; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303324
    2Bt3—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00629. On a 10 foot pit face, there are three cracks, 4 to 6 inches wide, of Bt material penetrating 6 inches into the Cd horizon; on about half of this 10 foot face there is an intermittent zone, between the 2Bt3 and the 3Cd horizons, 1 to 3 inches wide, of 10yr 5/6 gravelly clay loam with slight to no effervescence and the rock fragments are highly to slightly weathered dolomite.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1303326; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1303326
    3Cd—89 to 221 centimeters (35.0 to 87.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; very firm; 65 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on tops of soil columns and 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on tops of soil columns; 8 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P00630. continuous - phpvsfiid 1303327; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303328; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303327; continuous - phpvsfiid 1303328