IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sleeth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IN045006
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IN045006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5283
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42530
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.2862358
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9503784
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 365 feet south of east-west fence and 270 feet west of fence on north-south gravel road, 2 miles east of Mellott and 1 mile west of Montgomery County, Indiana line.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN045—Fountain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN045—Fountain County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert B. Grossman and Keith Huffman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sleeth
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sleeth
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak granular, and massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39691
    A3—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak thin platy structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39692
    B1t—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky, and fine and medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1) on faces of peds and 30 percent in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39693
    B21t—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky, and fine and medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; 3.0 very fine pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1) on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1) in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39694
    B22t—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); 40 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39695. patchy - phpvsfiid 190398; patchy - phpvsfiid 190398
    B23t—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; distinct clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39696
    2B24—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39697
    2B3—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) gravelly sandy clay loam; 3 percent coarse prominent mottles; massive, and single grain; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39698
    3C—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) stratified fine sand to gravelly coarse sand; single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39699. Water table present.