A study was undertaken to characterize, and classify the soil resources of Dambal-II micro watershed in Gadagdistrict of Karnataka. Eleven profiles were studied for the morphological, physical and chemical properties. Sevenrepresentative pedons covering all the soil types were selected and their properties and classification is discussed in thispaper. The soils were very shallow to very deep in depth, colour varies from dark grayish brown to very dark grayish brownand dark brown to brown in all soils. Soils under the study were predominantly sub-angular blocky in structure, clay intexture, strongly alkaline reaction with non-saline soils and organic carbon content was low. Calcium and magnesium werethe dominant exchangeable cations followed by sodium and potassium. Soils studied were classified up to family levelaccording to revisions in Soil Taxonomy using morphological, physical and chemical properties. Major proportion of thesoils in the micro-watershed belonged to the order Inceptisols and Entisols.