IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN139012
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN139012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RU7812
  • 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: 39.4815778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3772889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2360 feet east and 317 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN139—Rush

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brock and Rohleder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1978
  • 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: 8/7/1978 (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
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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU78121
    A2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RU78122
    B21T—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU78123
    B22T—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU78124
    B23T—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU78125
    B3T—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # RU78126
    C—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # RU78127