IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN083008
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN083008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7608
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22449
  • 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: 38.7462806
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4774444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 10W
  • PLSS Details: 25 feet east of the brace post along highway 41 Donation 36
  • Location Description: Approximate location.
  • Map Unit: BlD—Bloomfield loamy fine sand, 12 to 18 percent slopes
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN083—Knox County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly and Tuszynski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76081
    A2—23 to 81 centimeters (9.1 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76082
    A—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # KX76083
    BT—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76084
    A—109 to 183 centimeters (42.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # KX76085
    BT—109 to 183 centimeters (42.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX76086
    C—183 to 216 centimeters (72.0 to 85.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # KX76087