IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kosciusko
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN085001
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22500
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 41.4217528
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7678306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet east and 180 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kosciusko
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fox
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO75011
    B1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO75012
    B21T—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO75013
    B22T—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO75014
    B23—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO75015
    C1—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # KO75016