IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN085001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO7701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22664
  • 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: 41.3268361
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9573667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1530 feet west and 50 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1977 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO77011
    A1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO77012
    A&B*—51 to 102 centimeters (20.1 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO77014
    A*&B—51 to 102 centimeters (20.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO77013
    B21—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO77015
    B22T—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO77016
    C1—140 to 190 centimeters (55.1 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # KO77017