IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN101001
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT8101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23582
  • 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: 38.6448639
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6964639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet east and 660 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: and McElrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Siltst + Shale formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/1981 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT81011
    BT1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT81012
    BT2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT81013
    BTX—66 to 109 centimeters (26.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT81014
    C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; friable; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # MT81015