IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Comfrey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN007005
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BE7905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23638
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.5148972
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3412944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 80 feet west and 1840 feet south FO THE northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN007—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Biberdorf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Cumulic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Comfrey
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Comfrey
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Illinois Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/1979 (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); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BE79051
    A12—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE79052
    B1G—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE79053
    B2G—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE79054
    B3G—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE79055
    C1G—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; massive; very friable; 1 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE79056
    C2—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE79057
    C3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; 12 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # BE79058