IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pekin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2017IN137001
  • User Pedon ID: 2017IN137003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RI8004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23434
  • 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: 38.9721310
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1570770
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2385 feet west and 330 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • Map Unit: PeB2—Pekin silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN137—Ripley
  • MLRA: 114A—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain, Eastern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN137—Ripley County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38085-H2—Cross Plains, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kendall McWilliams, Terry Stephenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • PSC - 20 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess over loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium member of the Alluvium formation in the Quaternary group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/2017 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Neyhouse
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    64 - 180

    - 116 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—20

    20—173

    58—173

    137—203

    —20—

    —153—

    —115—

    —66—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    1071

    —

    193

    12.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    Cincinnati Luken AO 061

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80041; moist when described;
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80042; moist when described;
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI80043; moist when described;
    Btx1—58 to 104 centimeters (22.8 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI80044; moist when described;
    Btx2—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 35 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # RI80045; moist when described;
    2Btx3—137 to 173 centimeters (53.9 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent 2.5Y 5/0 (2.5Y 5/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # RI80046; moist when described;
    2Cg—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # RI80047; moist when described;