IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Comfrey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN007031
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN007031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BE8031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23505
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.6793250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4403222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN007—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Heltsley and Barnes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Cumulic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Comfrey
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Comfrey
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1980 (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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BE80311
    A12—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80312
    A13—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80313
    C1G—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80314
    C2G—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # BE80315