IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pekin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN031011
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN031011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DC7811
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23007
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.3208583
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2986056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet west and 1015 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN031—Decatur

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DC78111
    B21T—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78112
    B22T—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78113
    BX1—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78114
    BX2—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse platy parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78115
    B3T—119 to 165 centimeters (46.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DC78116
    C—165 to 229 centimeters (65.0 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # DC78117