IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN077002
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23199
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 1350 feet east of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Villars
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markland
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF78021
    B21T—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF78022
    B22T—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78023
    B3T—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78024
    C1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; massive; very firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78025
    C2—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78026
    C3—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # JF78027