IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grayford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005IN079002
  • User Pedon ID: S2005IN079002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0334
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18204
  • 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: 39.0449982
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5283356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
  • Location Description: AS 19
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN079—Jennings
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN079—Jennings County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dena Marshall, Byron Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 165cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    15

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    230

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; very fine roots and medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01292; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very fine roots and medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and coarse roots; 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01293; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt2—36 to 63 centimeters (14.2 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) organic stains on surfaces along pores and 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01294; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt3—63 to 99 centimeters (24.8 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; moderate fine, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.3 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films and 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films; 5 percent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01295; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Bt4—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films and 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01296; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Bt5—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films; 5 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions in matrix and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01297; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Bt6—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films and 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films; 10 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01298; moist when described; observed in trench
    3C—157 to 165 centimeters (61.8 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face very fine sandy loam; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    3R—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in trench