IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IN073005
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IN073005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR8005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23377
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.8253250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1554500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet north and 300 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • Map Unit: Gf—Gilford fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper
  • MLRA: 111C—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN037—Dubois County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-G2—Remington, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Smallwood and Hunt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1980
  • Classifier - Smallwood and Hunt
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin outwash
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Smallwood and Hunt
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    reduced matrix

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    free carbonates

    0—38

    25—38

    38—102

    38—152

    38—71

    71—152

    102—127

    102—152

    32—38—46

    10—13—20

    57—64—73

    110—114—123

    30—33—41

    78—81—87

    20—25—32

    42—50—58
    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

    0

    —

    —

    207

    —

    949

    —

    —

    10.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; common very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80051
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 3 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80052
    Bg—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80053
    2Cg1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80054
    2Cg2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80055
    2Cg3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # JR80056