IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kokomo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN177011
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN177011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WY7811
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23193
  • Print Date: 5/6/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 130 feet east and 1000 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN177—Wayne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Meland and Blank
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kokomo
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kokomo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swale on till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WY78111
    B1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # WY78112
    B21TG—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY78113
    B22TG—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WY78114
    B3—109 to 165 centimeters (42.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # WY78115
    C—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # WY78116