IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grayford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005IN079001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005IN079001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005IN079001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0333
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18203
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.0419426
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5287476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Photo number: AS25
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN079—Jennings
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN079—Jennings County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Marshall, J. Bender, B. Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 204cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/2005 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    20

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    234

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    1080

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    185

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate coarse granular, and medium structure; friable; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume ? to 5-? millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01283; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) organoargillans; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated ? to 2-? millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01284; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) organoargillans; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-25 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01285; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt3—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, organoargillans and 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-50 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01286; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt4—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 0.2 coarse roots; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films; 5 percent fine black (7.5YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 5 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-50 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01287; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt5—109 to 160 centimeters (42.9 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; moderate fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 0.5 medium roots; 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films; 20 percent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 30 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-90 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-50 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 06N01288; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Bt6—160 to 193 centimeters (63.0 to 76.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 medium roots; 70 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films; 2 percent fine iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01289; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Bt7—193 to 198 centimeters (76.0 to 78.0 inches); 80 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films; 15 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01290; moist when described; observed in trench
    3C—198 to 203 centimeters (78.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face very fine sandy loam; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01291; moist when described; observed in trench
    3R—203 centimeters (79.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in trench