IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IN011004
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IN011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BO6804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22392
  • Print Date: 5/13/2024

    • 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: 40.0624722
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5170583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 325 feet west and 500 feet north of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN011—Boone

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Franzmeier and Harlan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BO68041
    A12—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68042
    B21TG—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68043
    B22TG—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # BO68044
    B3—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # BO68045
    C1—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # BO68046