IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN083011
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN083011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7711
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23076
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 9W
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet southwest and 1200 feet southeast of the north corner Donation 162
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly and Struben
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 9/12/1977 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77111
    B1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX77112
    B21T—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX77113
    B22T—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX77114
    B31—81 to 183 centimeters (31.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX77115
    B32—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # KX77116