IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kentland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004IN111-001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004IN111001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0846
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16933
  • 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: 41.0569725
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4094162
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30 N.
  • Range: 9 W.
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet south and 400 feet east of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Newton County, IN; about 3 miles north and 2 miles east of Enos
  • Map Unit: Ke—Kentland mucky fine sand
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN111—Newton
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN111—Newton County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-A4—Enos, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. McBurnett, D. Gehring, R. Cripps
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kentland
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kentland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands over herbaceous organic material over sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20
  • 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
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 21
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    marl

    0—33

    33—41

    33—41

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    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

    0

    —

    —

    202.4

    —

    180

    889

    —

    150

    9.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed, dry; mucky fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04839; observed in pit, small
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (N 2.5/0) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed, dry; mucky fine sand; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04840; observed in pit, small
    2Oa—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed muck; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04841; observed in pit, small
    3C1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04842; observed in pit, small
    3C2—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04843; observed in pit, small
    3C3—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 10 percent medium light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04844; observed in pit, small
    3C4—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 25 percent coarse faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04845; observed in pit, small
    3Cg5—132 to 254 centimeters (52.0 to 100.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 04N04846; observed in pit, small