IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Armiesburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN129005
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN129005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PS7605
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22648
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024
  • 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: 38.2076917
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9141306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet north and 245 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN129—Posey
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Armiesburg
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Armiesburg variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1976 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS76051
    A12—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); 10YR 2.5/ (10YR 2.5/), silt; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS76052
    B1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS76053
    B21—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS76054
    B22—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PS76055
    C—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; friable; 21 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # PS76056