IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN125001
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN125001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK8001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23492
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.5340833
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2360611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet east and 1700 feet SOUTH of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly and Neyhouse
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/1980
  • 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: 3/27/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK80011
    A2—25 to 71 centimeters (9.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK80012
    A&B(B)—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK80014
    A&B(A)—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PK80013
    B&A(A)—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # PK80015
    B&A(B)—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # PK80016
    B&C(B)—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PK80017
    C—203 to 254 centimeters (79.9 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # PK80018