IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taggart
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN109001
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN109001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MR7501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22621
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026
  • 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: 39.4015222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3574306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1585 feet east and 790 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN109—Morgan
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Strum and Kluess
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Taggart
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taggart
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR75011
    A12—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR75012
    B1T—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR75013
    B21T—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR75014
    B22T—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR75015
    B23T—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR75016
    B31—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; firm; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR75017
    B32TB—188 to 239 centimeters (74.0 to 94.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # MR75018