IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pekin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN155015
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN155015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SW8115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23686
  • 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: 38.7400694
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0831000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet west and 1850 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN155—Switzerland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Stephenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 11/12/1981 (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 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81151
    BE—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # SW81152
    BT—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81153
    BTX1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81154
    BTX2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81155
    B'T1—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81156
    B'T2—132 to 145 centimeters (52.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # SW81157
    C—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; single grain; very friable; 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # SW81158