IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN109019
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN109019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MR7619
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23077
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.3538250
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5774611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 790 feet west and 190 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN109—Morgan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kluess
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1976 (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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76191
    B1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76192
    B21T—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76193
    B22T—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76194
    B3—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76195
    C1—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76196
    C2—180 to 231 centimeters (70.9 to 90.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76197
    C3—231 to 257 centimeters (90.9 to 101.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # MR76198