IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Digby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997IN053005
  • User Pedon ID: S1997IN053005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997IN053005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0255
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10526
  • 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: 40.5025253
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5977249
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 430 feet W and 2550 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: big bluestem
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN053—Grant
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN053—Grant County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scot Haley, Bill Hosteter
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Digby
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 36 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 36
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    Andropogon gerardii

    big bluestem

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    36—81

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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
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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01473
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01474
    EB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01475. continuous - phpvsfiid 202818; continuous - phpvsfiid 202818
    2Bt1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01476. continuous - phpvsfiid 200892; continuous - phpvsfiid 200892
    2Bt2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01477. Horizon #5 had pockets of silt loam.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200893; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200893
    2BCt—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200894; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200894
    3C—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face gravelly sandy loam; massive; loose; 21.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.