IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN105001
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MO7901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23098
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.0132028
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3995528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2420 feet south and 1800 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN105—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas and Kempf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MO79011
    B21T—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MO79012
    B22T—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MO79013
    BX1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; strong coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MO79014
    BX2—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MO79015
    BX3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # MO79016
    BX3—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MO79017
    CR1—175 to 201 centimeters (68.9 to 79.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MO79018
    CR2—201 to 218 centimeters (79.1 to 85.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; 70 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, sand coats; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # MO79019