IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pekin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN109016
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN109016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MR7616
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22797
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.3511306
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4670639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 595 feet west and 625 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN109—Morgan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kluess
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1976 (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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76161
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76162
    B1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76163
    B2T—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76164
    BX1—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76165
    BX2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76166
    BX3—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76167
    C—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # MR76168