IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RYKER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997IN043001
  • User Pedon ID: S1997IN043001
  • User Site Association ID: 8857
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 16
  • Transect Interval - 68.9
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0118
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10390
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.3669434
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9919434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet east and 2300 feet north of southwest corner
  • Location Description: Greenville township. Haug Farm.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN043—Floyd
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN043—Floyd County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38085-C8—Georgetown, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Byron G. Nagel, Steven W. Neyhouse
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RYKER
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37T
  • 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—284

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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

    5

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    241

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00798
    Bt1—20 to 64 centimeters (7.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct N (N) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00799. This horizon was subsampled. Sample number 98P800 is for 43-64.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201127; continuous - phpvsfiid 201126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201133; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201127; continuous - phpvsfiid 201126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201133
    2Bt2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00801. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201168; continuous - phpvsfiid 201166; continuous - phpvsfiid 201167; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201168; continuous - phpvsfiid 201166; continuous - phpvsfiid 201167
    3Bt3—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00802. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201171; continuous - phpvsfiid 201169; continuous - phpvsfiid 201170; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201171; continuous - phpvsfiid 201169; continuous - phpvsfiid 201170
    3Bt4—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00803. This horizon was subsampled. Sample number 98P804 is for 142-165.; continuous - phpvsfiid 199267; continuous - phpvsfiid 199268; continuous - phpvsfiid 201172; continuous - phpvsfiid 199267; continuous - phpvsfiid 199268; continuous - phpvsfiid 201172
    3Bt5—165 to 193 centimeters (65.0 to 76.0 inches); 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00805. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199269; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199270; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199271; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199269; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199270; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199271
    3Bt6—193 to 211 centimeters (76.0 to 83.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00806. continuous - phpvsfiid 199272; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199273; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199274; continuous - phpvsfiid 199272; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199273; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199274