IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IN089001A
  • User Pedon ID: S1991IN089001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1172
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64208
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.2080574
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3480530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet E and 2060 feet N of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: Rn—Rensselaer loam, sandy substratum
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN089—Lake
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN089—Lake County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-B3—Shelby, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Classifier - Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from mixed-noncalcareous
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    reduced matrix

    0—27

    27—50

    —27—

    —23—
    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

    0

    0

    194.6

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    1001

    —

    —

    9.9

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    Ap—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed noncalcareous fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07798
    BAg—27 to 50 centimeters (10.6 to 19.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine and fine roots throughout; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 21 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07799