IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN055002
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN055002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GN8002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23340
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.9414000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0989000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet east and 400 feet north of the center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc carter and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/25/1980 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GN80021
    A2—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80022
    A2&B—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80023
    A2&B*—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80024
    A2&B#—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # GN80025
    B&A2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80026
    C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # GN80027