IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pekin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN125008
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN125008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK8108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23549
  • 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: 38.3266056
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2898778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 425 feet west and 75 feet north of the center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Struben
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt; weak medium granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK81081
    B1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81082
    B21T—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81083
    B22T—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81084
    BX1—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 3 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81085
    BX2—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 3 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK81086
    C—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # PK81087