IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IN129001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IN129001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956IN129001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5232
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42479
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NE 160, NW 40, NW 10. 85 feet west and 110 feet south of State Highway No. 69 and T road.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN129—Posey
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN129—Posey County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. C. Rogers
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    FAGUS

    TULIP

    ULMUS

    Acer

    Fagus

    Tulipa

    Ulmus

    maple

    beech

    tulip

    elm

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    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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39320
    A21—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39321
    A22—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39322
    B1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39323
    B21t—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39324
    B22t—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39325
    B23—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, clay films and 75 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39326
    B3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats and 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, coats; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39327
    C—124 to 168 centimeters (48.8 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; hard when dry, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39328
    284 to 300 centimeters (111.8 to 118.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A39329. Auger sample.