IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004IN107002
  • User Pedon ID: S2004IN107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17299
  • 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: 40.1818167
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7846667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 8 km north and 0.4 km west of Darlington, Indiana
  • Map Unit: SlA—Starks silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN107—Montgomery County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40086-B7—Kirkpatrick, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tonie Endres
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landform: Wisconsinan ground moraine
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - rain
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—33

    15—33

    33—120

    33—186

    —33—

    —18—

    —87—

    —153—
    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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    240

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter.; observed in pit, small. A horizon was subdivided for sampling purposes at 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Boundary not described
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter.; observed in pit, small. A horizon was subdivided for sampling purposes at 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Boundary not described
    A3—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt/E—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; strong very fine prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; firm; medium roots between peds and fine roots; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; medium roots between peds and fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt2—80 to 120 centimeters (31.5 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent coarse prominent spherical very weakly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ironstone nodules in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent medium distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules in matrix; 2 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cd—120 to 186 centimeters (47.2 to 73.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loam; weak very thick platy structure; extremely firm; fine roots in cracks; 15 percent coarse prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox depletions and 20 percent coarse prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in cracks; 2 percent medium distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume subangular 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter.; observed in pit, large or quarry. Platiness is believed to be inherent from the parent material and not pedogenic