IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN107022
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN107022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY8022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23478
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 40.0102528
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9781806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1350 west and 924 north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1980 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate very coarse granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80221
    B1T—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80222
    B21T—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80223
    B22T—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY80224
    B3T—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80225
    B3T—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY80226
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # MY80227
    C—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # MY80228