IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Johnsburg

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2015IN037004

User Pedon ID: 2015IN037004

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A5307

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42554

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: 38.4518920

Std. Longitude: -86.6826460

Datum: WGS84

Township: 1S

Range: 3W

Section: 12

PLSS Details: 620 feet south and 200 feet east of the NW corner

Location Description: 3 miles south and 4 miles east of Crystal.

Map Unit: JoA—Johnsburg silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Indiana

County: IN037—Dubois

MLRA: 120B—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Northwestern Part

Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN037—Dubois County, Indiana

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-D6—Cuzco, Indiana

PEDON

Describers Name: Sanders and Wingard

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

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Johnsburg

PSC - 28 to 56 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/31/2015

Classifier - Steve Neyhouse

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Johnsburg

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudults

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 28 to 56 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973

Classifier - Wingard and Sanders

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - aeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-silty noncalcareous loess over residuum weathered from sandstone and shale

Landscape: upland

Landform: hill

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Pattern: dendritic

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Geology: Seelyville, Buffalville, Lower Block, Lead Creek member of the Staunton, Brazil, Mansfield formation in the Racoon Creek Group group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/31/2015 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Steve Neyhouse

Air Photo ID: 18

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	indurated	157 - 182	- 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon fragipan lithologic discontinuity lithic contact	0—20 28—157 56—157 99—157 157—182	—20— —129— —101— —58— —25—

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	—	—	220	—		1207	—	181	12.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	IN2309	Dubois S IN Forage Farm	coop

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent fine weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39907; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BA—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine moderately coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39908; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39909; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394071

Bt2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39910; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394073; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394074; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394073; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394074

Btx1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 21 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39911, 40A39912; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394075; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394077; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394075; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394077

Btx2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39913, 40A39914; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394078; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394079; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394080; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394078; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394079; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394080

2Btx3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; very strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and thin pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on surfaces along pores; 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-10-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39915, 40A39916; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1394089; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394084; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394081; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394089; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394084; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394081

2Btx4—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; very strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and thin light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on surfaces along pores and thin 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; 10 percent prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume , 15 percent by weight flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-151 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39917; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394087; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394088; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394087; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1394088; continuous - phpvsfiid 1394086

2R—157 to 182 centimeters (61.8 to 71.7 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small