IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IN011002
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IN011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BO6802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22391
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.0320028
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4781028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: near center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN011—Boone

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Franzmeier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1968
  • 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: 6/5/1968 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BO68021
    A1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent , moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68022
    Bt1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68023
    Bt2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (N 4/0), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68024
    Bt3—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent dark gray (N 4/0), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent dark gray (N 4/0), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68025
    BCt—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68026
    C—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 3 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence.