IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN077002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0635
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64874
  • 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: 38.8166656
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4397202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN077—Jefferson County, Indiana
  • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • PSC - 51 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    3

    270

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03836
    EB—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    BE—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03837
    2Bt1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03838. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192623; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192623
    2Bt2—71 to 119 centimeters (28.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) coats on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 92P03843. The interior of the cone is silt loam but the exterior is silty clay loam (the sample was not separated, combined texture was thought to be silty clay loam). It is cone shaped with 3 to 5 inch wide tops and tapers to 1 inch or less at the bottom.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177562; continuous - phpvsfiid 177561; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177562; continuous - phpvsfiid 177561
    2Btx1—71 to 119 centimeters (28.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films and 75 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03839. continuous - phpvsfiid 192624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177560; patchy - phpvsfiid 192625; continuous - phpvsfiid 192624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177560; patchy - phpvsfiid 192625
    2Btx2—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03840. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177563; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177563
    2Btx3—160 to 226 centimeters (63.0 to 89.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 92P03841. 92P3844. This horizon subsampled 63 to 75 inches (160 to 190 cm) and 75 to 89 inches (190 to 225 cm).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177564; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177564
    3Btb—226 to 274 centimeters (89.0 to 107.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; tubular pores; prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 30 percent distinct gray (N 6/0) clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 92P03842. continuous - phpvsfiid 177566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177565; continuous - phpvsfiid 177566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177565
    274 to 396 centimeters (107.9 to 155.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; fragments. Not sampled. Calcareous.