IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IN113003
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IN113003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - NO6903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22373
  • 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: 41.5160750
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2603750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 225 feet east of the southwest corner northwest 1/4 of the SE1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN113—Noble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NO69031
    A12—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NO69032
    B1G—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NO69033
    B21G—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # NO69034
    B22G—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # NO69035
    B23G—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # NO69036
    B3—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # NO69037
    C—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # NO69038