IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN107001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY7701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23154
  • 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: 40.1745389
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7573611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet west and 1050 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Mcelrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/2022
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1977
  • 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: 4/20/1977 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    23—38

    38—142

    84—84

    —38—

    —15—

    —104—

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    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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY77011
    E—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots; common fine pores; 5 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY77012
    Bt1—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots; common fine pores; 20 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY77013
    Bt2—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common medium and common fine pores; 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses and 15 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY77014
    2Bt3—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY77015
    2Bt4—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY77016
    2C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; structureless massive; firm; 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # MY77017