IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN059005
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN059005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - HN7105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22370
  • 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: 39.9002528
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6507250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 580 feet south and 640 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN059—Hancock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Pirtle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1971
  • 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: 8/17/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71051
    B21TG—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71052
    B22TG—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71053
    B23TG—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71054
    B3G—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # HN71055
    C1—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 15 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, silt coats; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # HN71056
    C2—114 to 155 centimeters (44.9 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # HN71057