IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004IN107001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004IN107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17297
  • 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: 40.1814778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7843333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 8 km north and 0.4 km west of Darlington, Indiana
  • Map Unit: SlA—Starks silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN107—Montgomery County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40086-B7—Kirkpatrick, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tonie Endres
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brenton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glaciofluvial deposits over till
  • Landform: Wisconsinan ground moraine
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 83
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - rain
  • Current Air Temp - 8
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—26

    26—117

    38—180

    —26—

    —91—

    —142—
    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

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    240

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry. A horizon was subdivided for sampling purposes at 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Boundary not described
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate very thin platy, and moderate thin platy structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap3—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); 90 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay; moderate very fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; very fine roots throughout and fine roots; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; very fine roots between peds and fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt3—56 to 82 centimeters (22.0 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; very fine roots between peds and fine roots; 40 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt4—82 to 117 centimeters (32.3 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume subrounded 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2BC—117 to 154 centimeters (46.1 to 60.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face stratified stratified loam to fine sandy loam to gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent coarse prominent spherical very weakly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8) ironstone nodules in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix and 30 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume subrounded 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    3Cd—154 to 180 centimeters (60.6 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face loam; weak very thick platy structure; extremely firm; 15 percent medium distinct dendritic noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions in cracks and 30 percent medium distinct dendritic noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox depletions; 4 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry. Platiness is believed to be inherent from the parent material and not pedogenic