IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN059003
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN059003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HN7103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22369
  • 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: 39.7982750
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8926861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1240 feet east and 80 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN059—Hancock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Huffman
  • 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 - 8/3/1971
  • 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: 8/3/1971 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71031
    B21G—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent black (N 2/), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71032
    B22G—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent black (5Y 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71033
    B3G—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent black (N 2/), moist, organic stains; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71034
    C1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71035
    C2—84 to 170 centimeters (33.1 to 66.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # HN71036