IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IN027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IN027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5261
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42508
  • 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: 38.8425484
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0424957
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: south 500 feet from south edge of highway along east field boundary, then 200 feet west into field. Field is bounded by open ditch on west and highway on north side and railroad at northeast corner.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN027—Daviess
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN027—Daviess County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. W. Sanders
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kings
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: glacial lake (relict)
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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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    A1p—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; fine cloddy structure; very hard, very sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39538
    A12—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39539
    B21g—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) and gray (N 5/0) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39540. Fresh material from the A1 in cracks 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick and 4 to 12 inches apart that extend vertically through horizon.
    B22g—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate and strong fine angular blocky structure; very sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39541
    B3g—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very sticky; fine roots; tubular pores; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39542
    C1—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very sticky; tubular pores; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39543