LOCATION BARTLE IN
Established Series
Rev. BGN-GRS
11/2021
BARTLE SERIES
The Bartle series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils that formed in silty alluvium and loess on stream terraces. They are moderately deep to a fragipan. Slopes range from 0 to 4 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1092 mm (43 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 12 degrees C (54 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Bartle silt loam on a 1 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of about 168 meters (550 feet) above MSL. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 28 cm (0 to 11 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) dry; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; common very fine and fine roots; common fine and medium distinct spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; few fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions in the matrix between 15 to 28 cm (6 and 11 inches); neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (15 to 30 cm or 6 to 12 inches thick)
BE--28 to 43 cm (11 to 17 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; common fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; common fine and medium prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; many medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions in the matrix; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (10 to 25 cm or 4 to 10 inches thick)
Bt--43 to 58 cm (17 to 23 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; many prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and common distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; common fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; common fine and medium prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; many medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions in the matrix; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 20 cm or 4 to 8 inches thick)
Btg--58 to 76 cm (23 to 30 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; few very fine roots; many distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; many medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and common fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; many fine and medium prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. (15 to 30 cm or 6 to 12 inches thick)
Btx1--76 to 119 cm (30 to 47 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; few very fine roots between peds; common fine vesicular and few fine tubular pores; many prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; common medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; common fine and medium prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; many medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in the matrix; 65 percent brittle; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Btx2--119 to 140 cm (47 to 55 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; few very fine roots between peds; few fine vesicular and tubular pores; common distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; common fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; common fine and medium spherical very dark gray (N 3/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; many medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in the matrix; 75 percent brittle; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Btx horizon is 56 to 76 cm or 22 to 30 inches.)
BC--140 to 203 cm (55 to 80 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; common fine prominent very dark gray (N 3/0) iron-manganese masses in root channels; many medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions in the matrix; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Scott County, Indiana; about 1/2 mile south of Scottsburg; 250 feet west and 1,620 feet south of the center of sec. 29, T. 3 N., R. 7 E. USGS Scottsburg, Ind. topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 40 minutes 0.2 seconds N. and long. 085 degrees 45 minutes 58.9 seconds W.; UTM Zone 16, 607324 easting and 4280515 northing; NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the fragipan: 61 to 102 cm (24 to 40 inches)
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 122 to 183 cm (48 to 72 inches)
Particle-size control section: 18 to 32 percent clay and 5 to 15 percent sand
Ap horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: silt loam
Reaction: very strongly acid to neutral
A horizon (where present): 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) thick
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 1
Texture: silt loam
Reaction: very strongly acid or strongly acid in non-limed areas, and ranges to neutral in limed areas
BE or EB horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 to 7
Chroma: 2 to 6
Texture: silt loam
Clay content: 12 to 20 percent
Sand content: 5 to 15 percent
Reaction: moderately acid to extremely acid
Bt or Btg horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 to 7
Chroma: 2 to 6, where the chroma is 3 or more, 50 percent or more of the faces of peds have chroma of 1 or 2
Texture: silt loam or silty clay loam
Clay content: 18 to 32 percent
Sand content: 5 to 15 percent
Reaction: moderately acid to extremely acid
Btx, Btgx horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 1 to 6
Texture: silt loam or silty clay loam
Clay content: 18 to 32 percent
Sand content: 5 to 15 percent
Reaction: strongly acid to extremely acid
BC or BCg horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 1 to 8
Texture: silty clay loam, silt loam, or loam
Clay content: 18 to 32 percent
Sand content: 5 to 40 percent
Rock fragment content: 0 to 14 percent gravel
Reaction: very strongly acid to neutral
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Doles,
Dubois,
Patricksburg,
Platea,
Schaffer,
Wadsworth, and
Weinbach series. Dubois and Shaffer soils have the base of the argillic horizon at a depth of more than 183 cm (72 inches). Doles soils do not range to extremely acid in the upper two-thirds of the control section, and are less permeable above the fragipan (See Remarks). Patricksburg soils have a paralithic contact. Platea and Wadsworth soils have rock fragments in the fragipan. Weinbach soils average more than 15 percent sand in the upper part of the control section, and contain fine mica flakes throughout.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Bartle soils are on treads of stream terraces. Slopes range from 0 to 4 percent. They formed in mixed silty alluvium and loess, with some pedons having loamy alluvium in the lower part of the series control section. The mean annual precipitation ranges from 1016 to 1143 mm (40 to 45 inches), the mean annual temperature ranges from 11 to 14 degrees C (51 to 57 degrees F), frost free period ranges from 160 to 200 days, and elevation ranges from 122 to 183 meters (400 to 600 feet) above mean sea level.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These commonly are the
Elkinsville,
Pekin,
Peoga, and less commonly
Vincennes soils. The well drained, more permeable Elkinsville soils are on terrace treads and moderately sloping to very steep risers. The moderately well drained Pekin soils are on terrace treads and moderately sloping terrace risers. The poorly drained Peoga and Vincennes soils are on broader terrace treads.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Somewhat poorly drained. The potential for surface water runoff is low or medium. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high (4.23 to 14.11 micometers/s) above the above fragipan and low to moderately high (0.07 to 1.41 micometers/s) in the fragipan. Permeability is moderate above the fragipan and slow or very slow in the fragipan. In undrained areas, an intermittent perched high water table is at a depth of 0.15 to 0.5 meters (0.5 to 1.5 feet) in normal years. Duration of the intermittent perched high water table is considerably less in drained phases.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are being used to grow corn and soybeans. A few areas are used for growing small grain, mainly wheat, and for hay and pasture. Also a few areas are in woodland. Native vegetation is mixed hardwood forest.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southern Indiana. The series is of moderate extent throughout southern Indiana, and is distributed within MLRA's 114A, 115A, 120B, 120C, 121 and 122. The Typical Pedon is in MLRA 114A.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Washington County, Indiana, 1932.
REMARKS: The type location was changed to Scott County in 1994 to more typically represent the Bartle series. The classification of this series is being evaluated to determine if most pedons have a fragipan or fragic soil properties. An undrained phase is recognized. The Doles series is on a different landform, but the soil properties and range of characteristics are nearly the same as the Bartle series. Commonly the Bartle soils have the depth to the top of the fragipan at 76 to 102 cm (30 to 40 inches).
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: 1) Ochric epipedon: the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 28 cm (11 inches) (Ap); 2) Argillic horizon: the zone from approximately 43 to 138 cm (17 to 55 inches) (Bt, Btg, Btx1, Btx2 horizons); 3) Fragipan: the zone from approximately 76 to 138 cm (30 to 55 inches) (Btx1, Btx2 horizons); and 4) Redoximorphic features: at 15 to 203 cm (6 to 80 inches). Clay films with chroma of 2 or less are iron depleted redox features.
Representative component and horizon data for the Bartle Series is in the following data mapunit: DMU ID 124476.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Data for this pedon, S89IN-143-011 is at the National Soil Survey Lab, Lincoln, NE.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.