IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ava
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IN119001
  • User Pedon ID: 87IN119001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987IN119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0767
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60062
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • 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: 39.3319435
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0008316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet W and 1650 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. McCarter, Jr.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—28

    28—203

    89—150

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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

    4

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    201

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    315

    112

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    12

    23

    2

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04144. 5% masses of (10YR 5/4) Sil mixed by plowing.; many very fine roots throughout
    1BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04145; moist when described;. 5% voids filled with (10YR 4/3) sil.; many very fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04146; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR63 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222406; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222406
    1Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P04147; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222407; continuous - phpvsfiid 222407
    1Btx1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm by silica; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04148; moist when described;. Prisms pointed at top with thick silt flows between prisms.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; common fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222408; continuous - phpvsfiid 222409; continuous - phpvsfiid 222408; continuous - phpvsfiid 222409
    2Btx2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silt loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm by silica; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04149; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; common fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222410; continuous - phpvsfiid 222411; continuous - phpvsfiid 222410; continuous - phpvsfiid 222411
    2Btx3—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm by silica; brittle; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04150; moist when described;. common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222412; continuous - phpvsfiid 222413; continuous - phpvsfiid 222412; continuous - phpvsfiid 222413
    3Bt3—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04151; moist when described;. common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine prominent 10YR61 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222414; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222414