IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN031006
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN031006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7606
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22490
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.3204278
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6337972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 830 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henderson and Shively
  • 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 - 3/15/1976
  • 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: 3/15/1976 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC76061
    A2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak coarse platy structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76062
    B1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76063
    B21T—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, sand coats; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76064
    B22T—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, sand coats; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76065
    B3T—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76066
    C1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC76067
    C2—165 to 196 centimeters (65.0 to 77.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # DC76068