IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: gravelly subsoil
  • User Site ID: S2001IN141004
  • User Pedon ID: S2001IN141004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0758
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15574
  • 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: 41.7247430
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1266710
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38 N
  • Range: 3 E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet west and 50 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: St. Joseph County, Indiana; about 6 miles east and 3 miles north of South Bend
  • Map Unit: GczA—Gilford sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, gravelly subsoil
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN141—St. Joseph
  • 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: IN141—St. Joseph County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-F2—South Bend East, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Brock, David Gehring
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • 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
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    free carbonates

    0—28

    28—71

    28—203

    28—71

    28—203

    122—203

    142—203

    —28—

    —43—

    —175—

    —43—

    —175—

    —81—

    —61—
    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

    —

    —

    233.5

    —

    0

    988

    —

    165

    9.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03824; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03825; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—50 to 71 centimeters (19.7 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine high-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03826; observed in pit, small
    BCg—71 to 100 centimeters (28.0 to 39.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03827; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—100 to 122 centimeters (39.4 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; very rapid permeability; 25 percent coarse faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03828; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; very rapid permeability; 15 percent coarse distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03829; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose; very rapid permeability; 15 percent coarse distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 25 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 02N03830; observed in pit, small