IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN037002
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DU7601
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23075
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.4936944
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0632028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet east and 640 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN037—Dubois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bernard and Hudson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: loess hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1976 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DU76011
    A2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt; moderate medium granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76012
    B21T—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76013
    B22T—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76014
    B31T—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU76015
    B32T—112 to 170 centimeters (44.1 to 66.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # DU76016