IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN083009
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN083009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7609
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22438
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 38.6492972
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4478972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 10W
  • PLSS Details: 775 feet southeast and 600 feet southwest of the north corner Donation 3
  • Map Unit: AlB2—Alford silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN083—Knox County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: loess hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/22/1976 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX76091
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # KX76092
    B21T—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, sand coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # KX76093
    B22T—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, sand coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # KX76094
    B3—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # KX76095
    C—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # KX76096