IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN119002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN119002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0918
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65045
  • 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: 39.3391685
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9086075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet west and 900 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN119—Owen County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Mccarter, B. Hosteter
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-26
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—8

    8—86

    28—77

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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

    5

    200

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    238

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    270

    439

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04878
    Bt1—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04879. patchy - phpvsfiid 173383; patchy - phpvsfiid 173383
    Bt2—31 to 48 centimeters (12.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 12 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) fine faint and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04880. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190877; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190878; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190877; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190878
    Bt3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films and 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04881. continuous - phpvsfiid 190879; continuous - phpvsfiid 190880; continuous - phpvsfiid 190879; continuous - phpvsfiid 190880
    Btx1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04882. continuous - phpvsfiid 190881; continuous - phpvsfiid 190882; continuous - phpvsfiid 190881; continuous - phpvsfiid 190882
    Btx2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron stains on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04883. horizon split for sampling at 110 cm 92P4883 AND 92P4884.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190884; patchy - phpvsfiid 190883; continuous - phpvsfiid 190885; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190884; patchy - phpvsfiid 190883; continuous - phpvsfiid 190885
    2Btx3—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium platy structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04885. Horizon split for subsamples 122 to 135 cm 92P4885, 135 to 150 92P4886, 150 to 160 cm 92P4887.; continuous - phpvsfiid 190886; continuous - phpvsfiid 190887; continuous - phpvsfiid 190886; continuous - phpvsfiid 190887
    3Btx4—160 to 196 centimeters (63.0 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium platy structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04888. Horizon split for subsamples at 180 cm 92P4888 and 92P4889.; patchy - phpvsfiid 190888; continuous - phpvsfiid 190889; patchy - phpvsfiid 190888; continuous - phpvsfiid 190889
    3Btb1—196 to 218 centimeters (77.2 to 85.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 12 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04890. continuous - phpvsfiid 173384; continuous - phpvsfiid 173385; continuous - phpvsfiid 173384; continuous - phpvsfiid 173385
    4Btb2—218 to 244 centimeters (85.8 to 96.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P04891. continuous - phpvsfiid 173386; continuous - phpvsfiid 173387; continuous - phpvsfiid 173386; continuous - phpvsfiid 173387
    4Cr—244 to 254 centimeters (96.1 to 100.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P04892