IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN101002
  • User Pedon ID: 2014IN101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT8002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23543
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.7342306
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7764500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet and 1450 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McElrath, Tuszynski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluventic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Newark
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/22/2014
  • Classifier - Steve Neyhouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Newark
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Classifier - George McElrath
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1979 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    reduced matrix

    0—33

    33—152

    81—104

    —18—

    —119—

    —23—
    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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 9 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; common fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80021; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 9 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80022; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 14 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80023; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine tubular pores; 3 percent prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80024; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg3—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 11 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 21 percent clay; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; few fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80025; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 10 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # MT80026; moist when described; observed in pit, small