IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN083013
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN083013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7613
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22749
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8738833
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2416528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 90 feet east and 1225 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly and Tuszynski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Vertic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kings
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kings
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1976 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; weak fine granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76131
    A12—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76132
    B21G—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76133
    B22G—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 21 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76134
    B3G—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76135
    C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay; prismatic structure; very firm; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # KX76136