IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN017002
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CS7602
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22440
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.8096111
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2685167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1980 feet west and 495 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN017—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Douglas and Strenger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CS76021
    A2—23 to 86 centimeters (9.1 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CS76022
    BT—23 to 86 centimeters (9.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # CS76023
    BT—86 to 178 centimeters (33.9 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CS76024
    C—178 to 178 centimeters (70.1 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # CS76025