IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IN027003
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IN027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5262
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42509
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.8114357
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0697174
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: south of gravel road 250 feet along shallow ditch, then 150 feet west.
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kings
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1960
  • 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: 7/15/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1p—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; weak fine granular, and massive, and fine cloddy; very sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39544
    A12—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very sticky; 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39545
    B21g—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very sticky; tubular pores; 45 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39546. Diffuse tubular tongues of dark gray heavy silty clay 1 to 2 inches in diameter and 6 to 12 inches apart extend vertically through horizon.
    B22g—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong coarse angular blocky, and coarse, and fine and medium angular blocky structure; very sticky; tubular pores; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39547. Diffuse tubular tongues of dark gray heavy silty clay loam, 1 to 2 inches in diameter and 6 to 12 inches apart, extend vertically through horizon.
    B3g—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very sticky; tubular pores; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39548. Diffuse tubular tongues of dark gray heavy silty clay, 1 to 2 inches in diameter and 6 to 12 inches apart, extend vertically through horizon.
    C1—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; moderately sticky; tubular pores; distinct dark gray (N 4/0) clay films; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39549. Diffuse tubular tongues of dark gray silty clay, 1 to 2 inches in diameter and 6 to 12 inches apart, extend vertically into horizon.