LOCATION LOSANTVILLE IN+OH

Established Series
Rev. JHH-KKN
11/2021

LOSANTVILLE SERIES

The Losantville series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that are shallow to dense till. Losantville soils formed in loamy till. They are on till plains. Slope ranges from 2 to 30 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 991 mm (39 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 10.0 degrees C (50 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Clayey, mixed, active, mesic, shallow Oxyaquic Hapludalfs

TYPICAL PEDON: Losantville silt loam, on a 4 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of about 323 meters (1,060 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap--0 to 18 cm (7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; moderate fine granular structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; 4 percent rock fragments; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. [13 to 25 cm (5 to 10 inches) thick]

Bt1--18 to 30 cm (7 to 12 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm; many faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent rock fragments; neutral; clear wavy boundary.

Bt2--30 to 41 cm (12 to 16 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent rock fragments; neutral; abrupt wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 18 to 38 cm (7 to 15 inches).]

Cd--41 to 152 cm (16 to 60 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; very firm; common fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in the matrix; 10 percent rock fragments; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline.

TYPE LOCATION: Henry County, Indiana; about 2 miles east of New Lisbon; 45 feet west and 738 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 7, T. 16 N., R. 12.; USGS Cambridge City, Indiana topographic quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 51 minutes 33.4 seconds N. and long. 85 degrees 13 minutes 15.6 seconds W., NAD 27; UTM Zone 16, 652174 easting and 4413659 northing, NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 30 to 50 cm (12 to 20 inches), and typically is about 41 cm (16 inches)
Depth to carbonates: 20 to 50 cm (8 to 20 inches)
Depth to densic contact: 30 to 50 cm (12 to 20 inches)

Ap horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 to 6
Texture: silt loam, loam, or clay loam
Rock fragment content: 0 to 10 percent
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral

A horizon, where present:
Thickness: less than 13 cm (5 inches)
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3
Chroma: 2
Texture: silt loam or loam
Rock fragment content: 0 to 10 percent
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral

Bt horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: clay or clay loam
Clay content: averages 35 to 45 percent
Rock fragment content: 1 to 12 percent
Reaction: slightly acid or neutral and ranges to slightly alkaline in the lower part

BC horizon, where present:
Texture: loam or clay loam
Reaction: neutral or slightly alkaline

Cd horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: loam
Clay content: 12 to 26 percent
Rock fragment content: 2 to 12 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline

COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in this family. In closely related families are the Thrifton and Wapahani series. Thrifton and Wapahani soils average less than 35 percent clay in the particle-size control section. Other closely related soils that are not in the shallow family are the Aaron, Alsup, Brookside, Derinda, Ebal, Goodson, Miamian, Morrisville, Shircliff, Skrainka, Useful, and Vincent series. Aaron, Morrisville, and Useful soils have a lithic contact within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches). Alsup and Goodson soils have a paralithic contact within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches). Brookside soils are deeper than 50 cm (20 inches) to carbonates. Derinda soils have a paralithic contact within a depth of 102 cm (40 inches). Ebal, Miamian, Shircliff, Skrainka, and Vincent soils are more than 50 cm (20 inches) to the base of the argillic horizon.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Losantville soils are on till plains of Wisconsinan age. Slope ranges from 2 to 30 percent. Losantville soils formed in dense, compact, loamy till. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 914 to 1067 mm (36 to 42 inches). Mean annual temperature ranges from 9.4 to 11.1 degrees C (48 to 52 degrees F).

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Celina, Crosby, Cyclone, Miamian, and Treaty soils. The Losantville soils are in a drainage sequence with the moderately well drained Celina soils, the somewhat poorly drained Crosby soils, and the poorly drained Cyclone and Treaty soils. The Celina soils have gray iron depletions in the upper part of the sola and are on slightly lower positions. The Crosby soils have gray sola and are on lower positions. The Cyclone and Treaty soils have a mollic epipedon and are in depressional areas. The well drained Miamian soils have thicker sola and are on similar positions.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Moderately well drained. Depth to the top of an intermittent perched high water table ranges from 30 to 61 cm (1.0 to 2.0 feet) between November and April in normal years. Potential for surface runoff is medium to very high depending upon the slope. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the solum and low or moderately low in the substratum. Permeability is moderate or moderately slow in the solum and slow or very slow in the substratum.

USE AND VEGETATION: A large part is cultivated. Principal crops are corn, soybeans, small grain, and hay. Most of the more sloping areas are in pasture or forest.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRA 111A in east central Indiana and southwest Ohio. The series is of moderate extent.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Henry County, Indiana, 1982.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 18 cm (Ap horizon).
Argillic horizon: from a depth of 18 to 41 cm (Bt1, Bt2 horizons).
Densic contact: at 41 cm (top of the Cd horizon).

Stony subsoil phases are currently recognized.

ADDITIONAL DATA: Typical Pedon sampled for Purdue University Lab, W. Lafayette, Indiana in 1981. Soil No. S81IN65-1-(1-6).

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.