IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: loamy substratum
  • User Site ID: S1979IN049008
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN049008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FU7908
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23378
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.0086028
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4330361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet south and 90 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • Map Unit: Gh—Gilford fine sandy loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN049—Fulton
  • MLRA: 111C—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN049—Fulton County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-A4—Kewanna, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 56 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1979
  • Classifier - Furr and Schumacher
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin loamy outwash over Wisconsin sandy outwash over Wisconsin loamy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Furr and Schumacher
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    reduced matrix

    free carbonates

    0—33

    23—46

    55—69

    56—130

    56—130

    69—152

    —33—

    —23—

    —14—

    —74—

    —74—

    —83—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    —

    —

    233.1

    —

    973

    —

    —

    9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FU79081
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79082
    BA—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79083
    Bw—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79084
    2Bt—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79085
    2C1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79086
    2C2—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79087
    3C3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # FU79088