IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IN171003
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IN171003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WN8303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23778
  • User Project ID: 201611AUR003
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 108A - Brenton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 40.4317278
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1326528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 540 feet west and 80 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: BrA—Brenton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN171—Warren
  • MLRA: 111D—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Western Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN171—Warren County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Plank and Klika
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brenton
  • PSC - 46 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lahogue
  • Classificaton Date - 12/13/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over stratified loamy outwash
  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/13/1983 (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 -
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    2BCt

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

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    38

    46

    66

    76

    97

    122

    137

    147

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    38

    46

    66

    76

    97

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    152

    WN83031

    WN83032

    WN83033

    WN83034

    WN83035

    WN83036

    WN83037

    WN83038

    WN83039

    WN830310

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    23.1

    23.2

    24.3

    33.3

    29.2

    20.8

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    64.4

    64.8

    65.1

    58.6

    60.8

    58.1

    27.1

    19.4

    12.4

    38.6

    42.5

    41.9

    42.8

    35

    33.3

    28.8

    12.8

    6.4

    3.8

    24.2

    24.2

    25.7

    25.6

    23.2

    27.5

    29.3

    14.3

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    14.4

    12.5

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    10.6

    8.1

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    21.1

    64.4

    77.8

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    1.4

    1.6

    0.6

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    0.4

    1.3

    2.9

    3.5

    6.5

    4.3

    1.8

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    1.6

    0.9

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    2.6

    6.3

    2.7

    11.3

    6.3

    3.4

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    2.9

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    4.3

    18.7

    39.2

    28

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    4.3

    3.8

    3.3

    2.4

    2.6

    6.8

    26.3

    28

    33.9

    15.1

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    7.6

    4

    6.1

    10.2

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    6.3

    5.6

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    8

    8.1
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    2BCt

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

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    38

    46

    66

    76

    97

    122

    137

    147

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    46

    66

    76

    97

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    152

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    WN83033

    WN83034

    WN83035

    WN83036

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    WN83038

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    WN830310

    5.8

    5.8

    5.1

    5.4

    5.2

    5.6

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    9.8

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    2BCt

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

    25

    38

    46

    66

    76

    97

    122

    137

    147

    25

    38

    46

    66

    76

    97

    122

    137

    147

    152

    WN83031

    WN83032

    WN83033

    WN83034

    WN83035

    WN83036

    WN83037

    WN83038

    WN83039

    WN830310

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    46—76

    97—152

    —38—

    —30—

    —55—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83031
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83032
    Bt1—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN83033
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83034
    Bt3—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83035
    2Bt4—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 3 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83036
    2BCt—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83037
    2C1—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83038
    2C2—137 to 147 centimeters (53.9 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN83039
    2C3—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 3 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-19 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # WN830310