IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEDARYVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999IN131005
  • User Pedon ID: S1999IN131005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11616
  • 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: 41.0059090
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8580704
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet west and 2450 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Due west of centerline of west grain bin 775.5 feet and 54 feet north.
  • Map Unit: MhnA—Medaryville fine sandy loam, 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: 41086-A7—North Judson SE, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shane McBurnett, Rex Brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, semiactive, 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MEDARYVILLE
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Medaryville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed, active, mesic Aqu
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    205

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00738
    Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide masses and 3 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00739
    Bt2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00740. common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron oxide accumulation in the matrix.
    Bt3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout and 3 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00741. common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron oxide accumulation in the matrix.
    Bt4—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00742
    BC1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00743
    2BC2—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent medium spherical very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00744. common fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron oxide accumulation in the matrix; many medium distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2) iron oxide depletions in the matrix; few medium rounded very dark gray (5Y 5/2) iron oxide depletions in the matrix; lenses of light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand less than 3 millimeters thick between bedding plains.
    2BC3—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00745. common distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of iron oxide accumulation in root channels.
    2Cg—152 to 213 centimeters (59.8 to 83.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) oxide masses and 3 percent medium gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P00746