IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FREDERICK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997IN043004
  • User Pedon ID: S1997IN043004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997IN043004
  • User Site Association ID: 8853
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 022
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Transect Interval - 170.6
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10387
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.3886108
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0213852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2050 feet west and 100 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Greenville Township.
  • 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: 38086-D1—Palmyra, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Nagel, S. Neyhouse, D. Marshall, J. Kipper
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FREDERICK
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Paleudults
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ROMU

    Rosa multiflora

    multiflora rose

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—226

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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

    11

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    250

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00768
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00769. continuous - phpvsfiid 201108; continuous - phpvsfiid 201109; continuous - phpvsfiid 201108; continuous - phpvsfiid 201109
    Bt2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00770. continuous - phpvsfiid 201110; continuous - phpvsfiid 201110
    2Bt3—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00771. Sub-sampled for lab analysis. Sample number 98P772 is from 59-79.; continuous - phpvsfiid 201111; continuous - phpvsfiid 201112; continuous - phpvsfiid 201111; continuous - phpvsfiid 201112
    2Bt4—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00773. continuous - phpvsfiid 201113; continuous - phpvsfiid 201114; continuous - phpvsfiid 201115; continuous - phpvsfiid 201113; continuous - phpvsfiid 201114; continuous - phpvsfiid 201115
    2Bt5—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00774. continuous - phpvsfiid 201116; continuous - phpvsfiid 201117; continuous - phpvsfiid 201118; continuous - phpvsfiid 201116; continuous - phpvsfiid 201117; continuous - phpvsfiid 201118
    2Bt6—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00775. continuous - phpvsfiid 201119; continuous - phpvsfiid 201120; continuous - phpvsfiid 201121; continuous - phpvsfiid 201119; continuous - phpvsfiid 201120; continuous - phpvsfiid 201121
    2Bt7—160 to 226 centimeters (63.0 to 89.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent yellowish red (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 30 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00776. Sub-sampled for lab analysis. Sample number 98P777 is from 193-226.; continuous - phpvsfiid 201122; continuous - phpvsfiid 201123; continuous - phpvsfiid 201124; continuous - phpvsfiid 201125; continuous - phpvsfiid 201122; continuous - phpvsfiid 201123; continuous - phpvsfiid 201124; continuous - phpvsfiid 201125