IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RYKER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997IN043007
  • User Pedon ID: S1997IN043007
  • User Site Association ID: 8863
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 222
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 131.2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10389
  • 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: 38.2861099
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9388885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet west and 450 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Georgetown township. Zelpha Mitch 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: Steven W. Neyhouse, Dena L. Marshall, Byron G. Nagel, Jennifer A. Kipper
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • 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: nose 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: 44T
  • 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—221

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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

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    253

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00787
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00788. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201134; continuous - phpvsfiid 201135; continuous - phpvsfiid 201136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201134; continuous - phpvsfiid 201135; continuous - phpvsfiid 201136
    Bt2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00789. continuous - phpvsfiid 201137; continuous - phpvsfiid 202906; continuous - phpvsfiid 202907; continuous - phpvsfiid 201137; continuous - phpvsfiid 202906; continuous - phpvsfiid 202907
    Bt3—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00790. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202911; continuous - phpvsfiid 202908; continuous - phpvsfiid 202909; continuous - phpvsfiid 202910; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202911; continuous - phpvsfiid 202908; continuous - phpvsfiid 202909; continuous - phpvsfiid 202910
    2Bt4—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, 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 red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00791. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201147; continuous - phpvsfiid 201144; continuous - phpvsfiid 201145; continuous - phpvsfiid 201146; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201147; continuous - phpvsfiid 201144; continuous - phpvsfiid 201145; continuous - phpvsfiid 201146
    2Bt5—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00792. This horizon was subsampled.; continuous - phpvsfiid 201148; continuous - phpvsfiid 201149; continuous - phpvsfiid 201150; continuous - phpvsfiid 201148; continuous - phpvsfiid 201149; continuous - phpvsfiid 201150
    2Bt5—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00793. continuous - phpvsfiid 201151; continuous - phpvsfiid 201152; continuous - phpvsfiid 201153; continuous - phpvsfiid 201151; continuous - phpvsfiid 201152; continuous - phpvsfiid 201153
    2Bt6—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00794. continuous - phpvsfiid 201154; continuous - phpvsfiid 201155; continuous - phpvsfiid 201156; continuous - phpvsfiid 201154; continuous - phpvsfiid 201155; continuous - phpvsfiid 201156
    2Bt7—165 to 190 centimeters (65.0 to 74.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00795. continuous - phpvsfiid 201157; continuous - phpvsfiid 201158; continuous - phpvsfiid 201159; continuous - phpvsfiid 201157; continuous - phpvsfiid 201158; continuous - phpvsfiid 201159
    3Bt8—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00796. This horizon was subsampled.; continuous - phpvsfiid 201160; continuous - phpvsfiid 201161; continuous - phpvsfiid 201162; continuous - phpvsfiid 201160; continuous - phpvsfiid 201161; continuous - phpvsfiid 201162
    3Bt8—206 to 221 centimeters (81.1 to 87.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00797. continuous - phpvsfiid 201163; continuous - phpvsfiid 201164; continuous - phpvsfiid 201165; continuous - phpvsfiid 201163; continuous - phpvsfiid 201164; continuous - phpvsfiid 201165