IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kokomo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN059007
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN059007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HN7107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22354
  • Print Date: 5/6/2024

    • 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: 39.8119417
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8874889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet south and 60 feet east of the northwest corner northeast 1/4 of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN059—Hancock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Pirtle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kokomo
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kokomo
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1972 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71071
    A2—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71072
    B21TG—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71073
    B22TG—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71074
    B23TG—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71075
    B24TG—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71076
    B3G—112 to 119 centimeters (44.1 to 46.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71077
    C—119 to 163 centimeters (46.9 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # HN71078