IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rahm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN077004
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN077004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23020
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 38.7359417
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8995972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet north and 1500 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Villars
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rahm
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rahm
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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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    AP1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF78041
    AP2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF78042
    B21G—25 to 64 centimeters (9.8 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78043
    B22GB—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78044
    B22B—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78045
    B23B—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78046
    B3B—150 to 198 centimeters (59.1 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF78047
    CB—198 to 213 centimeters (78.0 to 83.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # JF78048