IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN001005
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN001005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - AD8005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23341
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 40.7923806
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8086778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet west and 520 feet north of the southeast 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Meyer and Farmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1980
  • 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: 10/16/1980 (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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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # AD80051
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # AD80052
    B21—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # AD80053
    B22T—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # AD80054
    B23T—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # AD80055
    B24T—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # AD80056
    B3T—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # AD80057
    C1—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # AD80058
    C2—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # AD80059