IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979IN049007
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN049007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - FU7907
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23376
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.0032500
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3341750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet east and 2440 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • Map Unit: Bb—Barry loam
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN049—Fulton
  • MLRA: 111C—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN049—Fulton County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-A3—Pershing, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Furr and Schumacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin loamy outwash over Wisconsin sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Furr and Schumacher
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    free carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—61

    25—61

    25—152

    25—152

    74—152

    74—152

    22—25—30

    29—36—45

    29—36—45

    120—127—135

    120—127—135

    71—78—86

    71—78—86
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    —

    —

    232.3

    —

    978

    —

    —

    10

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; many medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FU79071
    Bg1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; common fine roots; 3 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79072
    Bg2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; few fine roots; 3 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79073
    BCg—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FU79074
    2Cg—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # FU79075