IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Francesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998IN131008
  • User Pedon ID: S1998IN131008
  • User Site Association ID: 8878
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 97093
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0572
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10842
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.9715767
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8748245
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 615 feet west and 522 feet north SE Corner
  • Map Unit: OecA—Odell-Francesville fine sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN131—Pulaski
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN131—Pulaski County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-E1—Salem, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex A. Brock, G. Franklin Furr, Shane L. McBurnett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Francesville
  • PSC - 12 to 27 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Odell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/1998
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till over residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified at 142cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/17/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A.S. 49
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    bedrock, lithic

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    69 - 142

    142 - 203

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    densic materials

    lithic contact

    0—30

    30—69

    69—142

    142—203

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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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    207.5

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03383
    Bt—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; 10 percent fine spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron concretions throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03384. patchy - phpvsfiid 200449; patchy - phpvsfiid 200449
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 3 percent fine spherical dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03385. patchy - phpvsfiid 200450; patchy - phpvsfiid 200450
    Cd1—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very friable; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) carbonate coats; 10 percent fine spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03386
    Cd2—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very friable; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 15 percent fine spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03387
    R—157 centimeters (61.8 inches); fragments. No sample.