IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kosciusko
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN017001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CS7701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23157
  • 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: 40.7192611
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4966972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 760 feet south and 65 F east of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN017—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Douglas and Strenger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - 10/29/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CS77011
    B1T—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS77012
    B21T—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CS77013
    B22T—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 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; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CS77014
    B3—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on rock fragments; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS77015
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # CS77016