IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2014IN061001
  • User Pedon ID: 2014IN061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0326
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18196
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.0409950
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0550020
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 795 feet south and 1700 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: BdoB—Bedford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN061—Harrison
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN061—Harrison County, IndianaIN175—Washington County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-A1—Laconia, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Neyhouse
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • PSC - 25 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2014
  • Classifier - Steve Neyhouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2005
  • Classifier - Steve Neyhouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karst
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: karst
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Fredonia member of the St. Louis formation in the Blue River Group group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/8/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Neyhouse
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 27
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill, water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btx1

    2Btx2

    2Btx3

    3Btb1

    3Btb2

    0

    25

    46

    61

    79

    114

    147

    185

    25

    43

    61

    79

    114

    147

    185

    218

    06N01248

    06N01249

    06N01250

    06N01251

    06N01252

    06N01253

    06N01254

    06N01255

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    21.6

    28.1

    26.7

    25

    29.8

    33.8

    35.4

    50.2

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    76.4

    70.3

    71.1

    71.9

    65.2

    58.6

    49.9

    41.8

    45.2

    42.8

    43.2

    44.2

    43.3

    38.8

    32.9

    28

    31.2

    27.5

    27.9

    27.7

    21.9

    19.8

    17

    13.8

    2

    1.6

    2.2

    3.1

    5

    7.6

    14.7

    8

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    0.2

    0.7

    2.1

    4

    1.4

    0.2

    0.1

    0.2

    0.4

    0.8

    1.1

    3.8

    1.4

    0.5

    0.3

    0.4

    0.5

    0.5

    0.9

    1.9

    1.4

    0.6

    0.5

    0.7

    0.9

    1.5

    1.6

    2.5

    2

    0.7

    0.7

    0.9

    1.1

    1.5

    1.9

    2.5

    1.8

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    6

    6.4

    4.8

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    4.5

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btx1

    2Btx2

    2Btx3

    3Btb1

    3Btb2

    0

    25

    46

    61

    79

    114

    147

    185

    25

    43

    61

    79

    114

    147

    185

    218

    06N01248

    06N01249

    06N01250

    06N01251

    06N01252

    06N01253

    06N01254

    06N01255

    5.5

    5.4

    4.1

    3.8

    3.7

    3.8

    3.9

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btx1

    2Btx2

    2Btx3

    3Btb1

    3Btb2

    0

    25

    46

    61

    79

    114

    147

    185

    25

    43

    61

    79

    114

    147

    185

    218

    06N01248

    06N01249

    06N01250

    06N01251

    06N01252

    06N01253

    06N01254

    06N01255

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    very strongly coherent

    61 - 147

    - 86 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—218

    61—218

    61—147

    79—218

    —25—

    —193—

    —157—

    —86—

    —139—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    213

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    180

    1170

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    172

    18.7

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    IN7755

    Salem

    coop
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 76 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01248; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.0) fine roots throughout; many (5.0) fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01249; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.0) fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01250; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btx1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 25 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine faint irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 30 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01251; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btx2—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 5 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; few (0.2) fine roots between peds; 40 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 30 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 7 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01252; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btx3—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent prominent light red (2.5YR 6/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 20 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 30 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01253; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Btb1—147 to 185 centimeters (57.9 to 72.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01254; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Btb2—185 to 218 centimeters (72.8 to 85.8 inches); 70 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 8 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent distinct red (10R 4/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 06N01255; moist when described; observed in trench