IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2014IN117002
  • User Pedon ID: 2014IN117002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0381
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45935
  • 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: 38.6646940
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3273970
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: pedon is 130 feet west and 1910 feet nort of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: BdB—Bedford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN117—Orange
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN117—Orange County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-F3—Campbellsburg, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Wingard, J. Russell Boulding, Gary L. Hudson, Robert S. Guthrie
  • 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 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/2014
  • 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, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Classifier - Robert Wingard
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty noncalcareous loess over clayey residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: karst
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: karst
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: very low
  • 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: 4/7/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Neyhouse
  • Air Photo ID: 6
  • 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
  • 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

    3BCt1

    3BCt2

    0

    25

    53

    74

    99

    135

    165

    193

    25

    53

    74

    99

    135

    165

    193

    203

    78PO2084

    78PO2085

    78PO2086

    78PO8087

    78PO2088

    78PO2090

    78PO2092

    78PO2093

    Wingard

    wingard

    Wingard

    Wingard

    Wingard

    Wingard

    Wingard

    Wingard

    16.1

    25.1

    22

    23.5

    26.2

    27.9

    46

    59.9

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    77.5

    69.8

    71.7

    70

    65.9

    65.7

    43.9

    32

    47

    47.8

    44.1

    41.6

    41.8

    41.4

    28.2

    20.8

    30.5

    22

    27.6

    28.4

    24.1

    24.3

    15.7

    11.2

    6.4

    5.1

    6.3

    11.9

    14.3

    6.4

    10.1

    8.1

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    hydrometer

    0.7

    0.4

    0.6

    0.4

    0.6

    0.6

    1.6

    0.9

    0.7

    0.5

    0.9

    0.5

    0.8

    0.5

    0.7

    0.9

    0.6

    0.6

    0.7

    0.5

    0.7

    0.4

    0.6

    0.4

    2.3

    1.9

    2

    2.7

    2.9

    2.6

    3.1

    2.7

    2.1

    1.7

    2.1

    2.4

    2.9

    2.3

    4.1

    3.2

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    6.7

    4.5

    4.3

    4.5

    4.6

    4.9

    4.9

    5
    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

    3BCt1

    3BCt2

    0

    25

    53

    74

    99

    135

    165

    193

    25

    53

    74

    99

    135

    165

    193

    203

    78PO2084

    78PO2085

    78PO2086

    78PO8087

    78PO2088

    78PO2090

    78PO2092

    78PO2093

    6.5

    4.1

    4

    3.9

    3.9

    3.9

    4

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    29

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    35

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    36

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    46

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    8

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    24

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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

    3BCt1

    3BCt2

    0

    25

    53

    74

    99

    135

    165

    193

    25

    53

    74

    99

    135

    165

    193

    203

    78PO2084

    78PO2085

    78PO2086

    78PO8087

    78PO2088

    78PO2090

    78PO2092

    78PO2093

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

    fragipan

    very strongly coherent

    74 - 165

    - 91 -

    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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—203

    53—193

    99—203

    —25—

    —178—

    —140—

    —104—
    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

    4

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    232

    —

    180

    1207

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    181

    12.2

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    IN2309

    Dubois S IN Forage Farm

    coop
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; 7 percent sand; 77 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02084; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 5 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02085; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1050936; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050936
    Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 22 percent clay; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02086; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx1—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 30 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02087; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1050938; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050939; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050938; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050939
    2Btx2—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); 55 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 45 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 8 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 26 percent clay; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02088; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1050940; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050941; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050940; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050941
    2Btx3—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); 55 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 45 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 5 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02090; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1050945; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050946; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050942; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050945; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050946; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050942
    3BCt1—165 to 193 centimeters (65.0 to 76.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 10 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 46 percent clay; 3 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 22 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02092; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1050943; continuous - phpvsfiid 1050943
    3BCt2—193 to 203 centimeters (76.0 to 79.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; 8 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 60 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P02093; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1050944; patchy - phpvsfiid 1050944