IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IN051013
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IN051013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23738
  • 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: 38.2745583
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7601306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 535 feet east and 40 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak very coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB83131
    E—20 to 76 centimeters (7.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak very coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB83132
    BTE(BT)—76 to 155 centimeters (29.9 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB83134
    BTE(E)—76 to 155 centimeters (29.9 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak very coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB83133
    BTE(BT)—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB83135
    BTE(E)—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak very coarse granular structure; very friable; 35 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # GB83136