IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellrock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015IN105003
  • User Pedon ID: S2015IN105003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0537
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 85226
  • 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: 39.3228647
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4147237
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 455 feet south and 1070 feet East of the Northwest corner
  • Map Unit: BkF—Brownstown-Gilwood silt loams, 25 to 75 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN105—Monroe
  • MLRA: 120C—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN105—Monroe County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39086-C4—Hindustan, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Struben, D. Anderson, J. Allen, R. Neilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellrock
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/2015
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over fine-silty residuum weathered from siltstone over siltstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent siltstone, unspecified at 119cm
  • Geology: Edwardsville formation of the Borden group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Wetland Information:
  • HGM Class - slope

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: Woody Vegetation - Trees/Timber—Missouri Vegetative Classes

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Rick Neilson
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Kind of Land: nongrazable woodland understory
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    119 - 144

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

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    30—119

    119—144

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    —25—
    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

    19

    30

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    266.7

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    225

    1170

    —

    185

    12.5

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat ? to 8-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02316; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AE—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium structure; friable; common medium roots and many fine roots and common coarse roots throughout; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat ? to 8-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02317; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1440473; continuous - phpvsfiid 1440473
    E—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct very weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses between peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat ? to 8-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02318; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440474
    BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots throughout and common fine roots; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct very weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses between peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat ? to 8-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02319; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440475
    2Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent very weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses between peds; 5 percent by volume flat ? to 8-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02320; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440476; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440477; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440476; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440477
    2Bt2—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots throughout; 50 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented ? to 20-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 7 percent by volume flat angular very weakly coherent cemented ? to 60-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02321; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440478; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440478
    2Bt3—63 to 96 centimeters (24.8 to 37.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face parachannery silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots throughout; 40 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments and 3 percent by volume flat strongly coherent cemented ? to 60-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume flat very weakly coherent cemented ? to 20-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02322; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440479; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440479
    2Bt4—96 to 112 centimeters (37.8 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face parachannery silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments and 2 percent by volume flat strongly coherent cemented ? to 20-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume flat very weakly coherent cemented ? to 60-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02323; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440480; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440480
    2C/Bt5—112 to 119 centimeters (44.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face extremely channery silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots in cracks; 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat very weakly coherent cemented ? to 20-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 70 percent by volume flat strongly coherent cemented ? to 60-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440481; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1440481
    Cr—119 to 144 centimeters (46.9 to 56.7 inches); bedrock; silica present; fragments.; observed in pit, small