IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williamstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IN035003
  • User Pedon ID: S1991IN035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0697
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63736
  • 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: 40.1013870
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5480576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 2650 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN035—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Struben
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamstown
  • PSC - 20 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamstown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1991
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1991 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—66

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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

    0

    —

    —

    283

    —

    270

    102

    —

    —

    16

    —

    —

    26

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    A p—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03977. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    2B t1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03978. common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301281; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301281
    2B t2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03979. common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301283; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1301283
    2BC—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 2 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03980. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common medium faint 10YR62 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous
    2C—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P03981. common medium faint 10YR62 mottles; effervescence is continuous