IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Johnsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973IN025002
  • User Pedon ID: 2014IN025002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973IN025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42551
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 38.2152786
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3625031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet north and 790 feet west of the SE corner of the NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles NW of Leavenworth
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN025—Crawford
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN025—Crawford County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. W. Sanders, Bob Wingard and others in party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnsburg
  • PSC - 56 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/2014
  • Classifier - Steve NeyHouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 56 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/1973
  • Classifier - Sanders and Wingard
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over residuum weathered from siltstone
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, lithic

    noncoherent

    indurated

    74 - 203

    203 - 228

    - 129 -

    - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithic contact

    0—38

    23—203

    56—203

    74—203

    203—

    —38—

    —180—

    —147—

    —129—

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    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

    1

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    216

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39879; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39880; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/A—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 26 percent clay; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39881; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent thin white (10YR 8/1), dry, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 75 percent thin grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent thin grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39882; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050986; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050988; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050987; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050986; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050988; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1050987
    Btx1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silt loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.1 roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39884, 40A39883; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1050989; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050990; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050989; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050990
    2Btx2—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silt loam; 18 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; brittle; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, and gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39885, 40A39886; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1050992; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050993; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050994; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050992; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050993; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050994
    2Btx3—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; brittle; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39887; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1050996; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050997; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050996; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050997
    2R—203 to 228 centimeters (79.9 to 89.8 inches); fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small