LOCATION ADYEVILLE INEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Adyeville very fine sandy loam on a 40 percent slope in woodland at an elevation of about 180 meters (590 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
A--0 to 7.5 cm (0 to 3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak very fine granular structure; friable; many fine and medium roots throughout; 2 percent strongly cemented sandstone channers; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary. [5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) thick]
E--7.5 to 23 cm (3 to 9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine and medium roots throughout; 2 percent strongly cemented sandstone channers; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary. [0 to 15 cm (0 to 6 inches) thick]
Bt1--23 to 43 cm (9 to 17 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots throughout; common faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 7 percent strongly cemented channers; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2--43 to 61 cm (17 to 24 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots between peds; many distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and common faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent strongly cemented channers; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the Bt horizons is 35 to 76 cm (14 to 30 inches).]
Cr--61 to 152 cm (24 to 60 inches); weakly cemented and moderately cemented sandstone interbedded with siltstone, shale, and very strongly cemented sandstone.
TYPE LOCATION: Perry County, Indiana; about 1.5 miles southwest of Kitterman Corner; 450 feet south and 300 feet west of the northeast corner, sec. 3, T. 4 S., R. 3 W., USGS Bristow, IN topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 12 minutes 10.6 seconds N. and long. 86 degrees 43 minutes 0.3 seconds W.; UTM Zone 16, 524801 easting and 4228372 northing, NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 50 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to paralithic contact: 50 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Rock fragment content: 0 to 15 percent in the A and E horizons, 5 to 35 percent in the Bt horizon and are dominantly strongly or more cemented sandstone channers
A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 to 3
Texture: silt loam, loam or very fine sandy loam
Reaction: strongly acid to extremely acid
Ap horizons, where present:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: silt loam, loam or very fine sandy loam
Reaction: strongly acid to extremely acid in non-limed areas, and ranges to neutral in limed areas
E or BE horizon, where present:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: commonly loam or very fine sandy loam, and less commonly silt loam
Reaction: strongly acid to extremely acid
Bt horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 4 to 6
Texture: commonly loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam or their channery analogues, and less commonly silt loam or channery silt loam
Reaction: strongly acid to extremely acid
Cr horizon:
Dominantly weakly cemented and moderately cemented sandstone interbedded with siltstone, shale, and strongly or more cemented sandstone layer
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Greenwich, Grosstown, Philomont, Swedesboro, and Unicorn series. Greenwich, Grosstown, Swedesboro and Unicorn soils do not have a lithic or paralithic contact within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches) and formed in coastal plain deposits. Philomont soils do not have a lithic or paralithic contact within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches) and formed in residuum from gneiss and granite.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Adyeville soils are on back slopes of hills underlain with interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale. Adyeville soils formed in residuum from interbedded sandstone, siltstone and shale that is dominantly moderately or less cemented. Slopes range from 8 to 60 percent. The mean annual temperature ranges from 11 to 14 degrees C (52 to 57 degrees F) and the mean annual precipitation range from 1016 to 1168 mm (40 to 46 inches). Frost-free days range from 170 to 200. Elevation ranges from 105.2 to 305 meters (345 to 1000 feet) above mean sea level.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Apalona, Deuchars, Ebal, Kitterman, Tipsaw, and Wellston soils. The moderately well drained Apalona soils have a fragipan and are on summits and shoulders of hills. The somewhat excessively drained Tipsaw and well drained Wellston soils are on similar landform positions as are the Adyeville soils. The moderately well drained Ebal, Kitterman, and Deuchars soils are on scarps and benches of hills underlain with shale interbedded with sandstone.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Somewhat excessively drained. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high (4.23 to 14.11 micrometers/s). Permeability is moderate (0.6 to 2 inches per hour). The potential for surface water runoff is low or medium.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are in woodlands. A few moderately and strongly sloping areas are in cultivated crops or hay and pasture. Native vegetation is mixed, deciduous hardwood forest.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: South-central Indiana. The acreage is of small extent in MLRA 120B.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Perry County, Indiana, 1997. The source of the name is a small town in Perry County.
REMARKS: Diagnostic surface and subsurface horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
1) Ochric epipedon- the zone from 0 to 23 cm (0 to 9 inches) - (A, E horizons);
2) argillic horizon- the zone from 23 to 61 cm (9 to 24 inches) - (Bt horizons);
3) paralithic contact- at 61 cm (24 inches).
This soil was correlated as Gilpin in previous soil surveys in MLRA 120B in Indiana.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Data on pedon number S89-IN123-009 (typical pedon) is at the NSSC, Lincoln, NE, and several pedons sampled and correlated as Gilpin soils from Purdue University, Station Bulletins 174-591.