IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN023006
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN023006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CT7606
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22489
  • 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: 40.3961000
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5423361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet west and 400 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN023—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1976 (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
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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76061
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76062
    B1T—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76063
    B21T—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CT76064
    B22T—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # CT76065
    B3—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # CT76066
    C—117 to 117 centimeters (46.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # CT76067