IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FINCASTLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998IN045002
  • User Pedon ID: S1998IN045002
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 98.4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0298
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10569
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.9891663
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2755280
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4; 100 feet south and 100 feet east of corner post
  • Location Description: Fern Huffman-Frazier farm.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN045—Fountain
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN045—Fountain County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39087-H3—Kingman, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Wigginton, Scot Haley, Jerry Shively, Bennie Clark
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FINCASTLE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/5/1998
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/5/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 62
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    0—20

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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

    0

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    209

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01820
    BE—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01821. Common distinct continuous grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay depletions on faces of peds.; continuous - phpvsfiid 200954; continuous - phpvsfiid 200954
    Bt1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01822. continuous - phpvsfiid 200955; continuous - phpvsfiid 200955
    2Bt2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 21 percent fine gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions throughout; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01823. continuous - phpvsfiid 200945; continuous - phpvsfiid 200945
    2BC—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions throughout; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01824. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200946; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200946
    2Cd1—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; very firm; 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01825. continuous - phpvsfiid 200947; continuous - phpvsfiid 200947
    2Cd2—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; very firm; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P01826. continuous - phpvsfiid 200948; continuous - phpvsfiid 200948