IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cincinnati
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN137003
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN137003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI7803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23128
  • 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: 39.2715639
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1320417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 80 feet east and 1935 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M c williams and Harkenrider
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cincinnati
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cincinnati
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1977 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78031
    B21T—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI78032
    B22T—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI78033
    2BX1—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI78034
    2BX2—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI78035
    2BX2—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI78036
    2BX2—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI78037
    2BX3—180 to 218 centimeters (70.9 to 85.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # RI78038
    2BX3—218 to 241 centimeters (85.8 to 94.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # RI78039
    3B21TB—257 to 290 centimeters (101.2 to 114.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4.
    3B22TB—290 to 323 centimeters (114.2 to 127.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3.
    3B23TB—323 to 348 centimeters (127.2 to 137.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7.
    3B3B—348 to 391 centimeters (137.0 to 153.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2.
    3C—391 to 422 centimeters (153.9 to 166.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.