IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deputy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005IN079004
  • User Pedon ID: S2005IN079004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18206
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 38.9433327
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6147232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN079—Jennings
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN079—Jennings County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Genny Mosher and Dena Marshall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deputy
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale, acid
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS 39
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 28
    • 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

    9

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    211

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    1016

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    185

    12

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01310; moist when described; observed in trench
    BA—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01311; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01312; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01313; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt3—58 to 72 centimeters (22.8 to 28.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 65 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 65 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume flat moderately coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01314; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt4—72 to 121 centimeters (28.3 to 47.6 inches); 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume flat moderately coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01315; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt5—121 to 155 centimeters (47.6 to 61.0 inches); 60 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) broken face and 40 percent light bluish gray (5PB 7/1) broken face silty clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume flat moderately coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01316; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt6—155 to 175 centimeters (61.0 to 68.9 inches); 60 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) broken face and 40 percent light bluish gray (5PB 7/1) broken face silty clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat moderately coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01317; moist when described; observed in trench
    2BC—175 to 196 centimeters (68.9 to 77.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) broken face parachannery silty clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume flat moderately coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01318; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Cr—196 to 234 centimeters (77.2 to 92.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face bedrock; 25 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) iron depletions around rock fragments and 35 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, manganese coatings around rock fragments; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 06N01319; moist when described; observed in trench