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Kintner soil and landscape

Wooded landform showing Kintner loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded, very brief duration, and indurated limestone bedrock (Soil Survey of Harrison County, Indiana by Steven W. Neyhouse, Sr., Byron G. Nagel, Gary R. Struben, and Steven Blanford, Natural Resources Conservation Service).

 

Setting

Landform: Flood plains

Map Unit Composition

95 percent Kintner and similar soils

5 percent frequently flooded Kintner and similar soils on flood plains

 

Interpretive Groups

Land capability classification: 2w

Prime farmland: All areas are prime farmland

Properties and Qualities of the Kintner Soil

Parent material: Loamy-skeletal alluvium over Mississippian limestone bedrock

Drainage class: Moderately well drained

Permeability range to a depth of 40 inches: Moderate to rapid

Permeability range below a depth of 40 inches: Slow to rapid

Depth to restrictive feature: 40 to 60 inches to lithic bedrock

Available water capacity: About 6.5 inches to a depth of 60 inches

Organic matter content of surface layer: 1.0 to 3.0 percent

Shrink-swell potential: Low

Highest apparent seasonal high water table (depth, months): 2.5 feet; January,

February, and March

Ponding: None

Most likely flooding (frequency, months): Occasional; January, February, March, April,

May, and June

Hydric soil: No

Potential frost action: Moderate

Corrosivity: Low for steel and low for concrete

Potential for surface runoff: Low

Water erosion susceptibility: Slight

Wind erosion susceptibility: Slight

 

For additional information about the survey area, visit:

www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/indiana/IN061/...

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/K/KINTNER.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#kintner

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