IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kosciusko
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN085002
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN085002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22501
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.2925944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6884917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet east and 675 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 #: 2
  • 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 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO75021
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO75022
    B21T—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO75023
    B22T—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO75024
    B3—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO75025
    C1—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # KO75026