IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Digby
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1997IN053004
User Pedon ID:
S1997IN053004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
98P0254
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
10525
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:
40.5025253
Std. Longitude:
-85.5977249
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
24N
Range:
8E
Section:
27
PLSS Details:
400 feet W and 2550 feet S of the NE corner
Location Description:
Switchgrass.
State:
Indiana
County:
IN053—Grant
MLRA:
111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IN053—Grant County, Indiana
PEDON
Describers Name:
Scot Haley, Bill Hosteter
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
4
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Digby
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
PSC -
33 to 84 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/5/1997
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
outwash terrace
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/5/1997 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
36
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
0—22
33—84
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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
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Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); rubbed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01467. Horizon #1 was very close to very friable.
Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); rubbed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01468
EB—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01469. Horizon #3 when dry had common discontinuous silt coats 10YR 7/1.
2Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01470. 30-50% of the matrix has thread like clay films in pores.; continuous - phpvsfiid 202820; continuous - phpvsfiid 202820
2Bt2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01471. Has clay films as threads (10-20%) in root channels. This horizon also had pockets of silt loam.; continuous - phpvsfiid 200889; continuous - phpvsfiid 200889
2BCt1—84 to 124 centimeters (33.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01472. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200890; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200890
3BCt2—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face gravelly clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Horizon #7 had dolomite gravel.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200891; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200891
3C—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face gravelly sandy loam; massive; loose; 30 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Had some dolomite.