Inceptisol

 ( United States Department Of Agriculture ) 

Inceptisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than Entisols. They have no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon.

In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), most Inceptisols are or . Some may be . Many Aquepts belong to and .

• Aquepts – with a water table close to the surface
• Anthrepts – with a Plaggen soil or anthrosol , a sign of intense and prolonged human activity
• Gelepts – in very cold climates
• Cryepts – in cold climates
• Udepts – in humid climates
• Ustepts – in semiarid and sub-humid climates'
• Xerepts – in areas with very dry summers and moist winters