IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): APALONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN147001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN147001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0330
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65673
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 38.1486130
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8544464
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2375 feet south and 2180 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: T.45S. Recorded on description changed to T4S
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN147—Spencer
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN147—Spencer County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McWilliams, Neyhouse, and Wingard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - APALONA
  • PSC - 20 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zanesville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/1992
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/12/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02577
    Bt1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02578. continuous - phpvsfiid 193296; continuous - phpvsfiid 193296
    B\E—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); 80 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P02579. Horizon was originally B&E.; continuous - phpvsfiid 179189; patchy - phpvsfiid 179190; continuous - phpvsfiid 179189; patchy - phpvsfiid 179190
    Btx—64 to 109 centimeters (25.2 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02580. patchy - phpvsfiid 179191; continuous - phpvsfiid 179192; patchy - phpvsfiid 179191; continuous - phpvsfiid 179192
    2Bt2—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very channery silty clay; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02581. continuous - phpvsfiid 179193; continuous - phpvsfiid 179193
    2Bt3—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine prominent mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02582. continuous - phpvsfiid 179194; continuous - phpvsfiid 179194
    2Bt4—168 to 188 centimeters (66.1 to 74.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very channery clay; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P02583. continuous - phpvsfiid 179195; continuous - phpvsfiid 179195
    2Cr1—188 to 292 centimeters (74.0 to 115.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/1); fragments. Lab sample # 93P02584
    2Cr2—292 to 353 centimeters (115.0 to 139.0 inches); fragments. No sample.