IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IN011005
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IN011005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BO6805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22328
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.1203111
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6104278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 175 feet west of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN011—Boone

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Franzmeier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BO68051
    A21—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BO68052
    A22—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # BO68053
    B1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68054
    B21T—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # BO68055
    B22TG—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # BO68056
    B3—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # BO68057
    C—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # BO68058