IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN071009
  • User Pedon ID: 2015IN071003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JN8109
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23617
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.8445222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2591972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet west and 460 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN071—Jackson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nagel and Eastman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2015
  • Classifier - Steve Neyhouse
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    64 - 94

    - 30 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—203

    64—94

    64—203

    94—203

    —23—

    —180—

    —30—

    —139—

    —109—
    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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (7.0) very fine roots throughout; 10 percent very fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN81091; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; 7 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent very fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented 10B 2/2 (10B 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN81092; moist when described;
    Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots between peds; 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent very fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN81093; moist when described;
    Bt3—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent very fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN81094; moist when described;
    Btx—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 19-47-76 millimeter chert fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN81095; moist when described;
    2Bt1—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume , 40 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 19-47-76 millimeter chert fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN81096; moist when described;
    2Bt2—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; 22 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume , 30 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 19-47-76 millimeter chert fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN81097; moist when described;
    2Bt3—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent irregular and 22 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 19-47-76 millimeter chert fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter. Lab sample # JN81099; moist when described;